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JACK BERKEBILE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 11, 1931 – November 23, 1968
Service recordJack Berkebile, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 40
- LOUIS ANTHONY TAYLORPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- DAVID JOHN WILCOXLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- DAVID IVAN BRIGGSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RANDALL KEITH NAUERTZCorporal · December 2, 1968
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.