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ROY VERNON BERRY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1948 – February 18, 1968
Service recordRoy Vernon Berry JR, of San Joaquin, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 79
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- San Joaquin, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 79
- JERRY DEAN ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1968
- JOSEPH CARLISLE ANDREWPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · February 18, 1968
- BRIAN WILLIAM BATESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
From San Joaquin
- GUADALUPE PEREZSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · November 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.