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HAROLD ERWIN SIDES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – September 20, 1970
Service recordHarold Erwin Sides, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD DEAN MCFARLANESpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE MCVEYLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- JOE PENA JRSergeant First Class · September 20, 1970
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 75
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 78
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 80
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.