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HARRY ELSWORTH BLACK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1915 – July 29, 1969
Service recordHarry Elsworth Black, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 54. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 70
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
- Vulcan Crewmember (16R)
- Born
- July 11, 1915
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 54
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 70
- ROY NATHANIEL GIVENSSergeant · July 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERTSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- ROGER PARRY HARRELLCaptain · July 29, 1969
From Willimantic
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JRLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
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.