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DON R HARGER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 13, 1939 – August 17, 1967
Service recordDon R Harger, of Truro, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 6
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 18 AVN CO 223 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Truro, Iowa (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 6
- RICHARD LOWELL CURDCorporal · August 17, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LAURENT NORBERT DIONCommander · August 17, 1967
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
From Truro
- CHARLES RICKY BARTHOLOMEWPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1968
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.