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CLAUDE HARMON CARGILE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1945 – May 25, 1970
Service recordClaude Harmon Cargile, of Greensboro, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 95
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensboro, Alabama (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 95
- HAROLD RAY BURTONCorporal · May 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN CHAMBERLAINCorporal · May 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEWIS COLEMANStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- DAVID LEE MITCHELLCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 98
- FRANCIS EDWIN PARKHILL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
From Greensboro
- ROBERT CLEVEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.