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KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 20, 1950 – October 30, 1971
Service recordKenneth Michael Berblinger, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Heavy Lift Helicopter Pilot (100D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 55
- JERRY EUGENE TEWPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- VICTOR DEMOTT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 55
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 56
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 57
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
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.