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HAROLD CLIFTON MARSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – October 19, 1970
Service recordHarold Clifton Marsh, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 10
- RALPH PETERSON MILLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1970
- DARRYL KENNETH SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
- PETER JOE WILSONSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH PETERSON MILLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 10
From Laurinburg
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
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.