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HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 23, 1929 – July 27, 1967
Service recordHarold Dean Moneysmith, of Knoxville, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 8
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Iowa (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 8
- MYRON DONALD LUCASSergeant · July 27, 1967
- RAYMOND JAMES LUDWIGPrivate · July 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE MORALESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
From Knoxville
- THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGHLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- ROBERT IVAN KLOOTWYKLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- JOHN WILBUR SAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
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.