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HAROLD PETER BERG
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1946 – March 17, 1969
Service recordHarold Peter Berg, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Rapids, Iowa (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 59
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNMajor · March 17, 1969
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- BENEDICT MAHER DAVANStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
From Rock Rapids
- VERNON LEE HAYNESCaptain · May 16, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD SMIDSTRASpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
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.