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THOMAS JAMES BERGIN
Captain · U.S. Army
November 13, 1933 – March 14, 1964
Service recordThomas James Bergin, of Albany, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 46
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (89301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 46
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- RICHARD ELMER JAECKFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1964
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
From Albany
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
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.