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HARRY BERNARD MCFADDEN
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1933 – August 5, 1967
Service recordHarry Bernard McFadden, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 81
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 81
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- KENNETH DANIEL HAASLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PHILIP GORDON ONKALOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.