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MARK SYLVESTER BEHRENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1950 – June 16, 1970
Service recordMark Sylvester Behrent, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 56
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 Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONSergeant First Class · June 15, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN KUNER JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1970
- RONALD MANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE MARTINSergeant · June 15, 1970
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 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.