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HARVEY LEROY ENGEL
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 17, 1931 – March 11, 1966
Service recordHarvey Leroy Engel, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Born
- July 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 1
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- JAMES PIERPONT MORGANSergeant · March 11, 1966
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.