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HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – June 29, 1969
Service recordHarrell Samuel Mefford, of Irvine, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 34
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Irvine, Kentucky (Estill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 34
- PATRICK J OSHAUGHNESSYSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- ROBERT DUANE PAULUSSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- BENNY DAVIS STUCKEYSergeant · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ERNEST DOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- ALAN MURRAY HORNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 33
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 35
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.