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HARVEY JOE HASSLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1949 – June 20, 1969
Service recordHarvey Joe Hassler, of Monmouth, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 97
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Monmouth, Oregon (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 97
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · June 20, 1969
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- BUFFARD CLIFTON HARRISONSergeant First Class · June 20, 1969
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 99
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 99
- DALE RUSSELL PAVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 100
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
- THOMAS RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
From Monmouth
- MICHAEL WILLIAM WEBBPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
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.