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WAYNE WILLIAM BERNHARDT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1949 – June 11, 1968
Service recordWayne William Bernhardt, of Cambria Heights, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F BTRY 2 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Cambria Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 22
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- GLADSTON CALLWOODSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- LARRY DEXTER CARLISLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1968
- ROBERT SHEEHAN CASTELOTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From Cambria Heights
- DOMINIC A DEANGELISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS PAULSENSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARMENIOFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.