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GERALD DAVID BERGER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1942 – August 5, 1968
Service recordGerald David Berger, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 12
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- July 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 12
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · August 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GLENN BREWERSergeant · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN COLSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.