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MICHAEL STANLEY BEREK
Private · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – July 14, 1967
Service recordMichael Stanley Berek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 68
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Canvas And Leather Repairman (43C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 68
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- TERRY LEE ADAMSCorporal · July 14, 1967
- JUAN JOSE BOTELLOPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.