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HARRY MCEWING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – July 8, 1970
Service recordHarry McEwing, of Ayer, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 131
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Ayer, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 131
- DANIEL JOSEPH MALONEYSergeant · July 8, 1970
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 8, 1970
- RANDAL GENE SOWERSPrivate · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 131
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 133
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Ayer
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · November 12, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND DUFFY JRSergeant · December 31, 1965
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 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.