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TERRY LYNN BERNEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – October 1, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Berney, of Palmer, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Palmer, Nebraska (Merrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN DALE SCHOPPECorporal · September 30, 1969
- PHILIP PAUL TOMASZEWSKISpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- MURIL STEVEN COLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Palmer
- DENNIS LEE KURZPetty Officer Third Class · January 29, 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.