GREEN BERETS Beranek, Charles Sylvester

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beranek ​

• FORENAME

Charles Sylvester ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company A,Det A-332) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

05331975 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th June 1968 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery,Wausau,Marathon County,Wisconsin ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Mosinee,Wisconsin​

born 18.12.1943 Wausau,Wisconsin​

son of Sylvester John and Annette (nee Wimmer) Beranek​

husband of Kathleen Mary (nee Zyduck) Beranek (1945-2004) (married 27.9.1958) (2 children Brenda and Brian)​

entered service 1964​

award Bronze Star​

KIA Minh Thanh,Binh Long Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 57W Line 16​

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1968 06 14 O-2 1LT Charles S. Beranek 31542 KIA SVN; Beranek had been assigned as XO of ODA-332, Minh Thanh, Binh Long Province for nearly a year and had completed his tour. On the morning of June 14, 1968, he said good bye to his team and caught a ride on a resupply helicopter to clear the B team, B-33 at Hon Quan (An Loc) Binh Long Province. LT Beranek spent the day clearing the B team and was to catch the same resupply helicopter to the C team in Bien Hoa later that day, after the helicopter had made all of its runs to the surrounding A camps. Late that afternoon, the resupply helicopter pilot called in, said he was a few minutes out and anyone needing a ride to the C team should assemble on the B-33 helicopter pad. LT Beranek and a few other passengers were waiting on the helicopter pad when several 82MM mortar rounds impacted nearby. Shrapnel severed LT Beranek's carotid artery and he died a few minutes later.​

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Information was from Don J. Taylor, a friend and former army brother, who was there the day Charles died. ​

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