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LEE DUFFORD HARLEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 21, 1940 – May 18, 1966
Service recordLee Dufford Harley, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 18, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 81
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer, Pilot, Tactical Air Control System (1441)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 505 TAC CONTL GP
- Born
- January 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 18, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 81
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
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.