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JOHN HAROLD BERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Harold Berg, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Blunt Force
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 53
- ARTHUR WALTON HUNT IIICorporal · April 8, 1968
- ALAN PETER JONESSergeant · April 8, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY KINGCorporal · April 8, 1968
- STEVE DENNIS LEDFORDPetty Officer Third Class · April 8, 1968
- PAUL LEWIS SAWYER JRFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1968
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.