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KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – January 28, 1970
Service recordKenneth Sandford Bercier, of Butte, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 74
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS HACKETT JRLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 73
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 75
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 75
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
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.