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Casualty Info
Home Town Eureka, CA
Last Address Eureka, CA
Casualty Date Jun 12, 1951
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Korea
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Radarman First Class Bertain served aboard the destroyer USS WALKE (DD-723) in Korean waters. He was Killed in Action when his ship struck an enemy mine of the east coast of Korea on June 12, 1951. His remains were not recovered.
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Inchon Landing/Operation Chromite
From Month/Year
September / 1950
To Month/Year
September / 1950
Description (September 15–26, 1950) in the Korean War, an amphibious landing by U.S. and South Korean forces at the port of Inchon, near the South Korean capital, Seoul. A daring operation planned and executed under extremely difficult conditions by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the landing suddenly reversed the tide of the war, forcing the invading North Korean army to retreat in disorder up the Korean peninsula.
