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HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1940 – October 21, 1965
Service recordHarold Alan Preisendefer, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 129
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 129
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES BILKOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2E, Line 128
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 129
From Indiana
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 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.