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HAROLD MCCASLIN JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – July 26, 1972
Service recordHarold McCaslin JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 59
- RONNIE LEE GIPSONSpecialist Four · July 23, 1972
- GARY LESLIE SHANKLieutenant · July 23, 1972
- LARRY FRANK JAGARDFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1972
- OSCAR HERRGESELLLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1972
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.