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HAROLD LEE ECKERT JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordHarold Lee Eckert JR, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 108
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Hershey, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 108
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD GORDYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID DELANY HANBURYSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT CURTIS HERMANPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BEECHLY COMBSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 107
- LLOYD WESLEY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROBERT JOSEPH NEVELSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Hershey
- MICHAEL LUKE LANGERIOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- AARON HENRY REIGLESergeant · February 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CONRAD WEISS JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
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.