Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Timothy Dale Berry

Lance Corporal - U.S.M.C.

— November 5, 1946 - January 11, 1967 —

Timothy Dale Berry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. Timothy Dale Berry Marker

Inscription.
Lance Corporal Berry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard D. Berry-serving with Company C, First Shore Party Battalion, First Marine Division was killed when the helicopter in which he was a passenger crashed into the South China Sea near Chu Lai. Also on board the aircraft were his lifelong friends, Lance Corporals William F. Coyne and Richard E. Fuchs, both of Massillon. Born in Massillon, Berry was a 1964 graduate of Washington High School and a member of Grace United Church of Christ. Timothy Dale Berry is buried at Massillon Cemetery.

Purple Heart • National Defense Service Medal • Vietnam Service Medal • Combat Action Ribbon • Vietnam Campaign Medal

Erected by The Berry Family.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.

Location. 40° 47.601′ N, 81° 31.628′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of Tremont Avenue Southwest and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Tremont Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Massillon OH 44647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William Francis Coyne (here, next to this marker); David Wallace Hendle (here, next

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to this marker); Richard E. Fuchs (here, next to this marker); Paul Ray Maddox (a few steps from this marker); William Lee Nulph, Jr. (a few steps from this marker); John Robert Sinnock (a few steps from this marker); Terry Chip Welty (a few steps from this marker); Lamont Douglas Hill (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.