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HAROLD EDWIN BIRKY
Fireman · U.S. Navy
March 7, 1950 – January 30, 1971
Service recordHarold Edwin Birky, of South English, Iowa, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 30, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- South English, Iowa (Keokuk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 68
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARLOWSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · January 30, 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.