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HAROLD THOMAS DABNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordHarold Thomas Dabney, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 6
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · January 15, 1969
- NICKEY WADE CUTRELLSergeant · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE RAMON CANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 4
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 5
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 7
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.
