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HARRY EVERETT DRESHER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – October 11, 1967
Service recordHarry Everett Dresher JR, of Vinita, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Vinita, Oklahoma (Craig County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 88
- ALFONZIE CULVERCorporal · October 11, 1967
- RANDOLPH DUVALL JRLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- VERNON LYNN HARTMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 87
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 89
From Vinita
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · November 24, 1967
- BILLY GENE JENTCorporal · January 4, 1968
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · April 27, 1968
- BILLY LEE GOINSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- JAMES M MCMILLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
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.