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WALLACE CARL BERGSTROM JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1931 – February 7, 1969
Service recordWallace Carl Bergstrom JR, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 76
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 76
- DWAIN LEE BIBEYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- GERALD REID CARRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- EDWARD CLEMONSSergeant · February 7, 1969
- LARRY HAROLD COLEMANLance Corporal · February 7, 1969
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 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.