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JAMES CHARLES BERMINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – October 9, 1965
Service recordJames Charles Bermingham, of Gordon, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 114
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Gordon, Nebraska (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 114
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- DONALD FREYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
From Gordon
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · July 1, 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.