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HARVEY LYNN COOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordHarvey Lynn Cooley, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 4
- GARY RAYMOND CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PAUL DUNSINGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 5
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 18
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.