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JAMES MAYNARD BERGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – January 23, 1968
Service recordJames Maynard Berge, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 13
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BLACKMERSpecialist Five · January 23, 1968
- JULIO ALFREDO CALDERONPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 15
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 16
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 16
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 17
- JOSEPH STANLEY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 17
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.