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HAROLD OWEN HARPER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1950 – September 12, 1970
Service recordHarold Owen Harper, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 58
- JUAN AVILA JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 1970
- LEONARD J KOWALSKI JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 12, 1970
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 59
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.