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LORAN LEON BERGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – January 26, 1969
Service recordLoran Leon Berger, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 81
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY AGUIRREPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- SHERMAN DUANE BRADFORDSergeant · January 26, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH GIMBERTLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 83
- KENNETH PAUL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 84
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 85
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.