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JOSE ROLANDO BERNAL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1944 – April 7, 1968
Service recordJose Rolando Bernal, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- March 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 38
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JOHN ADKINSCorporal · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- SILVESTER BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.