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ROBERT DEWITT BERTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1946 – December 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Dewitt Berta, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 85
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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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 85
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM POWELL JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT ELWOOD BENNETT IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DALE JENKSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 31E, Line 89
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.