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PFC James C. Bermingham
615th MP Company, 716th MP Battalion
Military Assistance Command Vietnam

Line Of Duty Casualty ~ 9 October 1965 ~ Vietnam

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They Say,
our deaths are not ours,
they are yours,
they will mean what
you make of them.

They say,
we leave you our deaths,
give them some meaning.

Archibald MacLeish
poet and WWI
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        On Saturday, 9 October 1965 PFC Bermingham age 22, of  Gordon, Nebraska was part of the two jeep convoy escort guarding a shipment of tanks traveling from Saigon to Bien Hoa.

        On the return trip in the darkness, the jeep he was a passenger in struck a disabled Vietnamese civilian truck parked along the side of the roadway. The driver survived and PFC Bermingham died from injuries received from the crash.
 
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: BERMINGHAM
First name: JAMES CHARLES
Home of Record (official): GORDON
State (official): NE
Date of Birth: Monday, November 16, 1942
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
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Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 55758183
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
Major Organization: USARV
 

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Start of Tour: Wednesday, August 4, 1965
Date of Casualty: Saturday, October 9, 1965
Age at time of loss: 22
Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes
Reason: Vehicle loss, crash (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Unknown/Not Reported
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Remembrances

     It was kind of rough on in those early days upon arriving in VN. PFC Bermingham was a friend indeed, there is the photo which I took of us trying to make life a little better for us in hell. We patrolled highway 1A together, between the Saigon docks and Bien Hoa. This was the stretch of highway where he died. We were never really, really close, but we did have a special relationship – we were brothers in arms. As I march definitely toward the end of my demise, I look back and am proud to have served with such gallant men of valor.

Be Blessed all. PFC Titus Rich, Jr. US- 5153992

 
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