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MICHAEL NATHANIEL HARLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – May 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Nathaniel Harley, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 4
- TED LAVERN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- RALPH PRESTON FLINT JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- BILLY LEON HAMMONTREEStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 4
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.