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MICHAEL BERRIOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – December 16, 1967
Service recordMichael Berrios, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 7
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- LARRY KILITO BILONTACorporal · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY KILITO BILONTACorporal · Panel 32E, Line 7
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 13
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.