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MYRON WALDO BERG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1950 – April 8, 1970
Service recordMyron Waldo Berg, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 106
- TROY HILLIS BATTERTONSergeant · April 8, 1970
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RICHARD TORRES CALDERONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- PETER KARL J CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM A SHARPE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 109
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 109
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
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.