Private First Class Berry was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On 18 May 1951, his company was overrun by Chinese forces near Hangye, South Korea. He was listed as Prisoner of War. In 1993, a former American Prisoner of War informed the Berry family that he saw Private First Class Berry die of the wounds he received on 18 May 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Berry was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.