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ROGER JEROME BERNIER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – February 22, 1970
Service recordRoger Jerome Bernier, of Plummer, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 56 ARM POS UN USARV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Plummer, Minnesota (Red Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 43
- CRAIG ARLEN BAUERCorporal · February 22, 1970
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH DUSZYNSKICorporal · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM C MCCONNELL IVMajor · February 22, 1970
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.