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HARRY LEE CEARNEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – March 11, 1970
Service recordHarry Lee Cearnel, of Creedmoor, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 110
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Creedmoor, North Carolina (Granville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 110
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL CHAPPEYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- JAMES WILFRED CLEMENTMajor · March 11, 1970
- PAUL FRANCIS KLUGFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 114
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.