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KURTIS AUREL BERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordKurtis Aurel Berry, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 68
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 68
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- DENNIS BAGLEYCorporal · July 6, 1969
- ALBERT DUWARD BENSONSecond Lieutenant · July 6, 1969
- ROBERT ALLON BROWNLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 71
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.