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JAMES EDWARD BERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – January 9, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Berry, of San Fernando, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 57
- GERALD DUANE STONEMETZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- ANTHONY JAY DEBONOPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
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.