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HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordHarley Dairrel Whitney, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 76
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 76
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL AGUILERAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 73
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 75
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 76
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.