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MICHAEL EDWARD BERDY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 29, 1943 – December 26, 1967
Service recordMichael Edward Berdy, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 61
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 61
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- LANCE BRYAN BARTONLance Corporal · December 26, 1967
- WILLIE T BRICKHOUSE JRMajor · December 26, 1967
- SAMMY BUFFINGTONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 63
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 65
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 65
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 66
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 66
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.