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JACKIE WAYNE BERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – February 10, 1968
Service recordJackie Wayne Berry, of Olla, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Olla, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 64
- IGNACIO ALVAREZ JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- RICHARD MEREDITH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 64
- EARL WARREN HAUGSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 68
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.