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ROBERT EDWARD BERNHARDT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 12, 1948 – February 5, 1973
Service recordRobert Edward Bernhardt, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 5, 1973, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1973
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1973. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 116
- FRANK WOLGO PAULOSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1973
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
- JAMES LELAND SCROGGINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1973
- JOSEPH GAMBINO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1973
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.