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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Gail Harvey.

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MICHAEL GAIL HARVEY

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

September 3, 1945 – June 23, 1967

Service record

Michael Gail Harvey, of Redwood City, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 54

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
176 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AME DIV
Born
September 3, 1945
Home of record
Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 23, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 54

From Redwood City

All 15 names from Redwood City →

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.