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WALTER JOHN BERNREUTHER
Captain · U.S. Army
August 3, 1942 – April 5, 1968
Service recordWalter John Bernreuther, of Macedon, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 14
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Macedon, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 April 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 14
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · April 5, 1968
- CHESTER BOBPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 16
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 19
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 20
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 20
- JOE ALLEN WITTKOPPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Macedon
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · September 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWIN KOCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1970
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.