Death
On June 1, 2010, the day after Memorial Day, in Miami, Florida, Hyman "Hank" Bergman died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated in a local hospital following a brief illness. Bergman's funeral services were held on June 7 with full-military honors. His interment was at Lakeside Memorial Park in the Garden of Heroes (Miami, Florida).
On October 12, 2010, Bergman was issued a Presidential Memorial Certificate signed by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
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