Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 1-Aug-1948
Hometown: Ft Wayne, Indiana
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Jul-1968
Start of tour: 2-Jan-1969
Incident date: 6-Jul-1969
Date of casualty: 6-Jul-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Kurtis Aurel Berry was killed while a crew member of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Loader on M551 (Sheridan) tank on combat operation. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Kurtis Aurel Berry
SGT Larry Howard Johnson
SP4 William Francis Rigdon
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 587 374
Place of interment: Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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