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HALFORD LOGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1940 – September 27, 1965
Service recordHalford Logan, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 96
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES ELMER PRUITTStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1965
- DANIEL ROBERT ROMANKOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 95
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 96
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 96
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.