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JAMES ARTHUR HARWOOD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1950 – January 15, 1971
Service recordJames Arthur Harwood, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 15, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 45
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 15, 1971
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 45
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · January 15, 1971
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS KINSMANFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1971
- LARRY DALE LOVEAirman First Class · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS KINSMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 45
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.