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HARRY L VANALST JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordHarry L Vanalst JR, of Le Roy, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Le Roy, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 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 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 32
- FRANK VALLONEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD HAVEN VANDYKECaptain · September 11, 1968
- GARY ALAN WALDORFPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WARK IIISecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 24
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 24
- VINICIO FREDEK SANTUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 29
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 30
- GARY ALAN WALDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 32
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.