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HAROLD EDWARD NULL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1942 – March 24, 1967
Service recordHarold Edward Null, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 40
- JACK THOMAS STEWARTMajor · March 24, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JODIE VARNER WELCH JRCorporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY JOE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT B PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 38
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1967
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.