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HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 3, 1941 – February 27, 1968
Service recordHarold McGill Renwick JR, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 54
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · February 27, 1968
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- MITCHELL FRANCIS SEKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SINKSSeaman · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 53
From Winnsboro
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
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.