The Wall › Panel 13W › California › David Lee Harding
DAVID LEE HARDING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Harding, of Rohnert Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 28
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Rohnert Park, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 28
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ELDON GILLENColonel · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- EARL FREDERICK HOFMANNSergeant · February 18, 1970
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.