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HARVEY GERALD SOKOLOF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1943 – January 2, 1971
Service recordHarvey Gerald Sokolof, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH LUKITSCH JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1971
- RAMON AURELIO SERVERA-BAEZStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1971
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY GENE CROCKETTSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 20
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.