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PHILLIP REX BERGFIELD
Captain · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – July 3, 1971
Service recordPhillip Rex Bergfield, of St Jacob, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 97
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- St Jacob, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 97
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1971
- JIMMY ROGER MURRELLSpecialist Four · July 2, 1971
- FREDDIE TURNERSergeant · July 2, 1971
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JACK MARTELLCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 98
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 99
- GARY PRESTON TOMLINSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 99
From St Jacob
- JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILLPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.