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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harold Raymond Vogel.

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HAROLD RAYMOND VOGEL

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 15, 1941 – June 14, 1968

Service record

Harold Raymond Vogel, of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 14, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 57W · Line 21

Position of Panel 57W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 15, 1941
Home of record
Monongahela, Pennsylvania (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 14, 1968
Age
27
Province
Sa Dec
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 57W, Line 21

From Monongahela

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.