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ELMER EUGENE BERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1933 – February 26, 1966
Service recordElmer Eugene Berry, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 78
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1933
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 78
- GEORGE WALLY WOODALLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- CHARLIES E DANIELSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 82
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.