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HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1943 – June 24, 1967
Service recordHarold Ellsworth Southard, of Portland, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 59
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PERKINSLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY DURON MCGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 58
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
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.