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JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1943 – January 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Francis Bergerson, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 94
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · January 28, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BIEDIGERColonel · January 29, 1967
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
- JOHN JAMES SHAWPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
From Mercer Island
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 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.