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HARMON CHARLES BURD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1936 – February 23, 1966
Service recordHarmon Charles Burd, of Derry, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1936
- Home of record
- Derry, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 64
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD WARREN DUCKETTPrivate · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 63
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
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.