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HAROLD E STRONG JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1929 – January 23, 1965
Service recordHarold E Strong JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Defense Acquisition And Survival Radar Crewman (17F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 SIG CO USARV
- Born
- June 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “362 SIG CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 83
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS H CORDOVASergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- ROGER LEE BUSSSpecialist Four · January 24, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 83
From Cleveland
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
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.