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JOHN JOSEPH BERTHEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1945 – June 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Berthel, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- RICKEY DON CASTLEMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- CARLOS WADE CONRADPrivate · June 29, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 107
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 108
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 109
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- FRANCIS GEORGE STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
- PAUL JOSEPH SURETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.