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HARRY EVERETT THERIAULT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordHarry Everett Theriault, of Rumford, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Rumford, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 87
- ISAIAH TRUMAN STUKESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES GILBERT STULTZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES STURGILLCorporal · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
From Rumford
- PETER LEE DUBECorporal · August 2, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- DAVID PAUL THIBODEAUPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.
