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HARLAN RAY SLUSSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 14, 1967
Service recordHarlan Ray Slusser, of Burkburnett, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 102
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Burkburnett, Texas (Wichita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 102
- JOSE ALBINO MONTOYASergeant · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOW HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 101
- JOSEPH HERMAN URMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 101
From Burkburnett
- TERRY PAUL BURKSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- MARVIN S ARTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 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.