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GENE LYLE BETTGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1943 – December 22, 1966
Service recordGene Lyle Bettger, of Calaveras, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Calaveras, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 70
- JAMES FRANCIS WENDOLOWSKISpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE WILKIEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RICHARD GENE WORMDAHLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
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.