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HAROLD EUGENE COUCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – November 12, 1967
Service recordHarold Eugene Couch, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 80
- JOHN HENRY BARNESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL CANDIANOSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JOHN DAVID CAYCESeaman · November 12, 1967
- JACOB ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAN S ALLEN IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 79
- JOHN HENRY BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 80
- HUBERT CROOMPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 81
- ALDON JAMES DEDEAUXPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 81
- ARMANDO LEO ESCARENOPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 81
- CHARLES FAVROTHSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 81
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 82
- WILEY GUERREROPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 82
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HARDYCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 82
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 83
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 83
- JOHN ANDREW BARNES IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 84
- CHARLES H MORRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 84
- LEONARD ALAN THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 86
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.