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MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – June 29, 1966
Service recordMalcolm Crayton Berry, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 106
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- THOMAS HUBERT WOLFECaptain · June 28, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 107
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 108
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 109
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- FRANCIS GEORGE STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
- PAUL JOSEPH SURETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- WALTER PLATOSZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.