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HAROLD DALE DARNELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – January 20, 1970
Service recordHarold Dale Darnell, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 48
- ROBERT G MITCHELTREE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD COOLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- JAMES DARRYL FOXSpecialist Five · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD COOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 48
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.