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DEAN ALLEN HARIG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – April 17, 1970
Service recordDean Allen Harig, of Superior, Nebraska, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 16
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Superior, Nebraska (Nuckolls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · April 17, 1970
- RAFAEL COLON-SANTOSSergeant · April 17, 1970
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 17, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Superior
- BUEL EDWARD ANDERSENSergeant · April 21, 1969
- JAMES LEE SWAIMSergeant First Class · December 22, 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.