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HARVEY RAY NEAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1949 – July 27, 1970
Service recordHarvey Ray Neal, of South Boston, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- South Boston, Virginia (South Boston (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 60
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID RIFFESpecialist Five · July 27, 1970
- DAVID RALPH WEIGNERCaptain · July 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES MCDOWELLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 59
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 60
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 60
From South Boston
- HENRY EUGENE RUSSELLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
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.