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HAROLD J STURGILL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – September 25, 1967
Service recordHarold J Sturgill JR, of Damascus, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Damascus, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 13
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILFRED MARCOTTEPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 11
From Damascus
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · June 14, 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.