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HARRY MASSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1945 – May 30, 1969
Service recordHarry Massey, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 22
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 22
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGINNPetty Officer Third Class · May 30, 1969
- RALPH JUDSON MEARS JRSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- ERSKINE JAY OLIVERLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JUDSON MEARS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 22
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
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.