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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry Richard Sine JR.

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HARRY RICHARD SINE JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 25, 1949 – December 25, 1969

Service record

Harry Richard Sine JR, of Rivesville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15W · Line 92

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
September 25, 1949
Home of record
Rivesville, West Virginia (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 25, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15W, Line 92

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.