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JAMES EUGENE BERARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordJames Eugene Berard, of Saratoga, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Saratoga, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 29
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1967
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
From Saratoga
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
- BARRY HENNETT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- ROBERT ALLAN ROBERTSONCaptain · June 9, 1972
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.