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JOHN EDWIN BERNARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Edwin Bernard, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 117
- WILLIAM DAVID BLESSMANSergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT EARL BRIDGESAirman Second Class · June 17, 1967
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.