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GERARD FRANCIS BERGIN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordGerard Francis Bergin, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 37
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personal Financial Records Clerk (3421)
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 37
- MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTYSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN BERTRAM BECKERCorporal · August 27, 1968
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 1969
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.