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JIMMY ROGER HARSANYI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – January 27, 1966
Service recordJimmy Roger Harsanyi, of Allen Junction, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Allen Junction, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 99
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL GAYAirman First Class · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 98
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 101
From Allen Junction
- GROVER R TAYLORStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
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.