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JAMES E BERRY
Airman · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1940 – June 18, 1967
Service recordJames E Berry, of Detroit, Michigan, served as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1967, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman (AMN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 5
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- LLOYD CYRUS WOHLFORD JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.