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ROY LOUIS BERGERON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1948 – April 16, 1970
Service recordRoy Louis Bergeron, of New Roads, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 12
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- New Roads, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 12
- PERRY LEE WOOSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- BOBBY ARTHUR YOUNGSergeant · April 15, 1970
- RICHARD LEE AYERSColonel · April 16, 1970
- JOSHUA COLEMANSpecialist Five · April 16, 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.