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RAY WILLIAM BERG JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordRay William Berg JR, of San Lorenzo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- San Lorenzo, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 28
- HARVEY WATKINS BOOKERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS CHIFOSStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 30
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 31
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 32
From San Lorenzo
- STEVE ALBERT SRSENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- EDWARD KENNETH FERGUSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- PATRICK BERT HOPPECorporal · August 2, 1967
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- WILLIS GLEN CARDINCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH MEDEIROSCorporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 5, 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.