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HARVEY F ROUNTREE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordHarvey F Rountree JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 2
- CHARLES DAVID ORSUAAirman First Class · July 15, 1969
- HARMON POLSTERCaptain · July 15, 1969
- HENRY R REYESSergeant · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SMALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.