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HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordHenry Wilfred Bernard JR, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 15
- STEVEN HENRY BENNEFELDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS BENNETTPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MARK RONALD BISHOPPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
From Willimantic
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.