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FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1949 – November 9, 1970
Service recordFrancis William Harter, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1949
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 48
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
- LUIS ERNESTO MUNIZ-GARCIACorporal · November 9, 1970
- HARRY THOMAS PETERSENSergeant · November 9, 1970
- JAMES HERSHEL SAXTON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL LEE ELLISSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 47
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 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.