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HAROLD JUNIOR RITCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1944 – November 12, 1971
Service recordHarold Junior Ritch, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 67
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 67
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW CHARNOPLOSKYSergeant · November 15, 1971
- DAVID ATOIGUE GORTONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
- ROBERT DUANE PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 66
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.