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HAROLD HERBERT HLADIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – February 17, 1969
Service recordHarold Herbert Hladik, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 49
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 49
- DENNIS JAMES KANELance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- DICKIE GAYLE KEELERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- DONALD LEE KUJAWACorporal · February 17, 1969
- RICHARD MARVIN KULAVIKSergeant First Class · February 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 48
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.