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WILLIAM MCKINLEY BERRY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam McKinley Berry, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 51
- DOUGLAS KEN BARONSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- VINCENT BERNARDLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- ADRIAN COOGIE BRITTLE JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS SUDLESKYSergeant · September 21, 1968
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.