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JOSEPH MIKE BERKSON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – May 2, 1972
Service recordJoseph Mike Berkson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1972; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 10
- ROY JUNIOR DAYMaster Sergeant · April 28, 1972
- JOHN JAMES MOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 29, 1972
- LARRY DAVID EPSTINESpecialist Four · April 30, 1972
- MELVIN DOUGLAS SEAGRAVESSeaman · April 30, 1972
- GEORGE MICHAEL COUCHLance Corporal · September 10, 1973
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.