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HARRY LEE THEURKAUF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – June 5, 1968
Service recordHarry Lee Theurkauf, of Grass Valley, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 23
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Grass Valley, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 23
- JOHNNY MAJOR SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- NORMAN MICHAEL TURONEWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1968
- DERRIS LEE UUTELAPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LONNIE VINGEPrivate · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 20
From Grass Valley
- GARY AMES MILLERLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- DOUGLAS ALFRED RIXStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT HAUGENFirst Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · October 12, 1968
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · May 31, 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.