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HAROLD WAYNE MORALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – July 27, 1967
Service recordHarold Wayne Morales, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 8
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 8
- MYRON DONALD LUCASSergeant · July 27, 1967
- RAYMOND JAMES LUDWIGPrivate · July 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN MONEYSMITHStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.