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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harold Eugene Imler JR.

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HAROLD EUGENE IMLER JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

June 13, 1952 – June 17, 1971

Service record

Harold Eugene Imler JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 79

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Cannon Crewmember (13B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
June 13, 1952
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 17, 1971
Age
19
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 79

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.