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HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – December 7, 1970
Service recordHarold Norman Flieger, of Tigard, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Tigard, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 112
- OMER PRICE CARSONSergeant · December 7, 1970
- PAUL COLWELLChief Petty Officer · December 7, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM COXCorporal · December 7, 1970
- JOE EDWARD CRENSHAWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1970
From Tigard
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · September 27, 1970
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 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.