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HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1943 – August 9, 1965
Service recordHarold William Shrader, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE GOUDYCaptain · August 9, 1965
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 49
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 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.