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HAROLD DEAN WALLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – May 19, 1971
Service recordHarold Dean Waller, of Nelson, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Nelson, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 41
- HERBERT SPENCER BARNESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- PHILIP RAY DEARINGFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1971
- MIKLE EUGENE DIXONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- MICKEY DANIEL LANGPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.