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HARVEY RICHARD MCCUISTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1950 – August 19, 1969
Service recordHarvey Richard McCuiston, of Advance, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Advance, North Carolina (Davie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 72
- ROBERT MELVIN NELSONCaptain · August 19, 1969
- JOHN STEWART ORLEMANNSecond Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JRSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JOHN DAVID PLUMMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALBERT DORIASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 67
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19W, Line 68
- TIMOTHY ALLEN MOHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 71
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROWELLSergeant Major · Panel 19W, Line 73
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.