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WAYNE GARY BERNOSKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1944 – March 5, 1969
Service recordWayne Gary Bernoska, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 44
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 44
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEYPrivate · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 41
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 45
- CARLTON JERRY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 46
- ALFRED LALLAVESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 49
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.