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HAROLD DAVID KRASHES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
April 23, 1930 – January 20, 1972
Service recordHarold David Krashes, of Spring Valley, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1972
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 99
- RONALD ANTHONY LONGFELLOWSpecialist Four · January 19, 1972
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
- JIMMY LYN DUNAGANSergeant · January 21, 1972
- JOSEPH JOHN SLIFKA JRFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1972
From Spring Valley
- HAROLD JAMES KAUFMANCaptain · November 20, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WITZELCorporal · July 23, 1968
- FRANK JACARUSOSeaman · March 12, 1970
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 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.