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HARLAN T PACHE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – January 14, 1968
Service recordHarlan T Pache, of Arlington, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Wisconsin (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 50
- ANTHONY SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- ROY EDWIN WOLFPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NOLAN DONALD HABERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 48
- FREDRICK H HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 49
- ANTHONY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 50
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.