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HARRY LEROY LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1950 – June 9, 1969
Service recordHarry Leroy Long, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- May 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 3
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- TOMMY ROSS LAWSONSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- ALLEN LANUI LEWISPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ROBERT WESLEY LONGPrivate · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WESLEY LONGPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 3
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.