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RAYMOND REX BERGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – October 23, 1970
Service recordRaymond Rex Berger, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 17
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 17
- KENNETH CHARLES THORNTONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
- DAVID THOMAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
- NATHAN LAMAR INGLEPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LEBOEUFSergeant · October 23, 1970
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 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.