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HAROLD ALLEN THARP JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – April 12, 1968
Service recordHarold Allen Tharp JR, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 37
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Alamogordo, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 37
- DAVID ALAN STRUPPPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- DONNY GAY TIDWELLCorporal · April 12, 1968
- JONES EUGENE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS VISELance Corporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JOHN ECKLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 49E, Line 30
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 49E, Line 32
From Alamogordo
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 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.