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JOHN ALVIN BERRY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – December 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Alvin Berry, of Naturita, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 44
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Naturita, Colorado (Montrose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 44
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE ANDREWSLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- MELVIN LYNN BOLANDPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 44
- BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 45
- GUENTER ROBERT THONUESSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 48
From Naturita
- HARRY JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HOPKINSSpecialist Four · October 5, 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.