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LARRY ARNOLD HARKE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 16, 1941 – December 19, 1967
Service recordLarry Arnold Harke, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 22
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 22
- WILLIAM ROBERT FURLONG JRPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- CALVIN ARTHUR GREENEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- DONALD PHILIP HAMILTONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 20
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 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.