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ROGER LEE BERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – May 4, 1966
Service recordRoger Lee Berg, of Ravenna, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ravenna, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 22
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- ONEAL ADDISONSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- AARON BUCKLEY AUMILLERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT KESTERSONMajor · Panel 7E, Line 26
From Ravenna
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 1967
- DAVID VERNON WHINNERYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
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.