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HARRY L ALWAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1941 – July 13, 1967
Service recordHarry L Alway, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 66
- EDDIE EARL WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- FLOYD CHARLES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MOSES WILLIAMSSergeant · July 12, 1967
- CIRO JOHN ANDREASSIPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
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.