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HAROLD LOYD MCNEIL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1933 – August 12, 1964
Service recordHarold Loyd McNeil, of Mt Pleasant, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- November 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Texas (Titus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 61
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
- WILFRID NARCISS BOURGEOISStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1964
From Mt Pleasant
- CHARLEY HOLTON COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · August 11, 1966
- OTIS TURNERCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
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.