The Wall › Panel 51W › New Mexico › Harry Michael Mather
HARRY MICHAEL MATHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1944 – July 23, 1968
Service recordHarry Michael Mather, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 42
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES HENRY MARTINCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE MITCHELLCaptain · July 23, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 38
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 38
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 40
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 41
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 44
- JAMES DOUGLAS SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 44
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 46
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
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.