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VERNON GAIL BERGQUIST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1949 – June 11, 1970
Service recordVernon Gail Bergquist, of Spencer, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Spencer, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 42
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD WURTENBERGSergeant First Class · June 10, 1970
- SHOJIRO YAMASHITASergeant · June 10, 1970
- JAMES GRADY BULLOCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 43
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 44
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 44
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 44
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 45
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- KENNETH R MCKENNA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Spencer
- STEVEN HAROLD ADAMSMaster Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ARDEN LEE KRUKOWPetty Officer Second Class · January 22, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.