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ROBERT LESTER BERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – March 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Lester Berry, of Kennebunk, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Kennebunk, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 17
- GEORGE FRANCIS ADAMSLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- GREGORY KENNETH ARTHURCorporal · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
From Kennebunk
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.