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LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – October 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Wayne Berkholtz, of Sullivan, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Sullivan, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 102
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BERNARD JOSEPH RAFFERTYLance Corporal · September 30, 1970
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · October 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 102
- DAVID ALLAN CASONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 103
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 103
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEVERETT E YARBROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
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.