Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 05B – Radio Operator
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 30-Aug-1945
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marital status: Married to Helen M. Bertschinger
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 18-Oct-1965
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 28-Mar-1967
Date of casualty: 28-Mar-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Dennis Lee Bertschinger was a passenger in a military vehicle near command post when vehicle hit hostile land mine.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA
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