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KENNETH RAY BERTSCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – September 13, 1966
Service recordKenneth Ray Bertsch, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 90
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- ROGER DALE CHILDERSAirman · September 13, 1966
- CHARLES PAUL ELLISPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
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.