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HAROLD ALVIN BIRD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1943 – September 18, 1965
Service recordHarold Alvin Bird, of Boulder Creek, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Boulder Creek, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 86
- GARY WINGATE GRIMESPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- DAVID EUGENE BENSONCaptain · September 18, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
From Boulder Creek
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
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.