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MONTY LEWIS HARBIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1950 – February 22, 1971
Service recordMonty Lewis Harbin, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 131
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 131
- RONALD GAY CURTISSergeant · February 22, 1971
- RICHARD LEE SARVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1971
- EDWARD EARL SCOTT JRCorporal · February 22, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
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.