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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Tommy Loyd Berry.

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TOMMY LOYD BERRY

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

October 1, 1933 – September 15, 1968

Service record

Tommy Loyd Berry, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 61

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
A CO 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
October 1, 1933
Home of record
Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 15, 1968
Age
34
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 61

From Dallas

All 261 names from Dallas →

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.