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HARRY LEE PUCKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – October 15, 1968
Service recordHarry Lee Puckett, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 65
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 65
- GARY JAMES PALMERPrivate · October 15, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY RIFFLESpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.