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GARY RICHARD BERG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1950 – December 6, 1968
Service recordGary Richard Berg, of Southfield, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- July 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 48
- GUENTER ROBERT THONUESSergeant · December 5, 1968
- JOSEPH RAY THORNTONPrivate · December 5, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOE PAUL KLIPFELPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
From Southfield
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · September 30, 1967
- DENNIS GREENWALDPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
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.