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ERIC THOMAS HARSHBARGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – November 1, 1969
Service recordEric Thomas Harshbarger, of Filer, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Filer, Idaho (Twin Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 13
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- JIMMY KEN HARRISONSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
From Filer
- RONALD DEAN SHAFFPrivate First Class · February 19, 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.