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DAVID ALAN HARALDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordDavid Alan Haraldson, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 74
- RONALD MORRIS HAYESPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY HEPPEN JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DAVID HERMAN HOLLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GARY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 71
- TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 73
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.