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ROBERT BERNTSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1943 – May 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Berntsen, of Sloatsburg, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 93
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Sloatsburg, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 93
- WILLIAM FRANK CLOVER JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD COLLENEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
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.