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HARRY KAY VARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1946 – November 20, 1966
Service recordHarry Kay Varner, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 97
- PRESTON WAYNE POLKPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT SILVERStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- DARYL EUGENE SMOCKSeaman Apprentice · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 94
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 95
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.