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SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordSimeon Joseph A Bergeron, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 42
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Stoughton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 42
- ARTURO FRAGOSO ALARCONSergeant · March 15, 1969
- BRUNO BARANPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- HARVEY LEE BASCOPetty Officer Second Class · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWIN BRADYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY LYLE WHYNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 46
- EDGAR GREGORY MCADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 47
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 48
From Stoughton
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 1969
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.