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GERALD LEROY BERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – July 2, 1966
Service recordGerald Leroy Berg, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 117
- ROBERT CYRIL WILLIAMSMajor · July 1, 1966
- JOHNNY WOODSONPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- JAMES DALE BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 122
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.