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HARRY G DIEHL
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1940 – June 18, 1969
Service recordHarry G Diehl, of Oceanside, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 75
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 75
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM DORNONSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE EARPSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 74
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 78
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 78
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 79
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 80
- PAUL REYES NARVAEZSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 81
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 82
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.