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HARRY DAVIS PICKARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – May 30, 1970
Service recordHarry Davis Pickard, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 122
- PATRICK ELSWOOD MCDANIELSergeant · May 30, 1970
- DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZCorporal · May 30, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD STEPPWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE WEID JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 120
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- STANLEY REGAN KIMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 121
- RICHARD GEORGE WEID JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 122
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.