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THEODORE DANIEL BERNARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordTheodore Daniel Bernard, of Mexico, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 58
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Mexico, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 58
- RICARDO CAMPOSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM W DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY FINERTYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 56
- WILBERT RAY BARBEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 57
- CHARLES LARRY BONNERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 57
- RICARDO CAMPOSPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 58
- MICHAEL ROY FINERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 58
- JAMES MAYNARD JENSENCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 59
From Mexico
- EDWARD J BOIVINSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- ROGER PAUL GALLANTStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1967
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · July 9, 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.