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ROBERT ERVA BERRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1947 – October 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Erva Berry, of New Milford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- New Milford, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 67
- DAVID DRAKE PERKINSPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- BRYANT RUSSELL POWELLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN BARRETTLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
- REGIS PETER DEBOLDLance Corporal · October 12, 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.