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RONALD E BERRISFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – February 11, 1967
Service recordRonald E Berrisford, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 16
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 16
- GEORGE JAMES WIDGERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · February 11, 1967
- WILLIAM C FORESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 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.