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HARLIS CALVIN SALES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1949 – June 21, 1969
Service recordHarlis Calvin Sales, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Chickasha, Oklahoma (Grady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 109
- DENNIS MICHAEL RESINGERSergeant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM G SCHANCK JRSecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN SUSMARSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- JOSE MIGUEL TOROSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY M BORKHOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 104
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 106
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 107
- MICHAEL PATRICK WARNERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 110
From Chickasha
- WALTER EDWIN STEELEAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD REEDERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
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.