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HAROLD SHERMAN LONERGAN
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1929 – February 23, 1969
Service recordHarold Sherman Lonergan, of Albany, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 9
- DENNIS JOSEPH LORENZINISergeant · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT MELVIN LOUGH JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- LOUIS VINCENT MARCIANOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
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.