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HAROLD KENNETH SOUTHWICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – March 2, 1967
Service recordHarold Kenneth Southwick, of Lawson, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lawson, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 4
- JOHN PATRICK ODONNELLPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 3
- LLOYD ISAAC STEPHENSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 5
From Lawson
- RALEIGH LEE GODLEYPetty Officer Second Class · May 22, 1966
- DONALD C SMITHSergeant · April 16, 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.