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HARRY ALLEN WALLING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1940 – June 19, 1964
Service recordHarry Allen Walling, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 54
- ROBERT LEE GREERStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- FRED THOMAS SCHRECKENGOSTStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 54
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 15
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
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.