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WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINEC
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
December 11, 1930 – July 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Berzinec, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1930
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 34
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- ROY ELDON COOPERStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK DELANEY IIICorporal · July 30, 1968
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 34
- ROBERT QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 35
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.