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HARVEY EDWARD HUMPHREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – May 26, 1971
Service recordHarvey Edward Humphrey, of Barnet, Vermont, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Barnet, Vermont (Caledonia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 56
- PAUL DEAN CARTERCaptain · May 27, 1971
- JERRY FOYWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM KNUCKEYFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1971
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 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.