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WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1943 – January 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edwin Bernard, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 58
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 58
- GEORGE LESLIE HORSMAN IIMajor · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 56
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 57
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 57
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 60
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.