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OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – November 16, 1966
Service recordOctaviano Martinez Harvey, of Santa Rita, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Rita, New Mexico (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 80
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD MCDONALDSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- ALAN DALE PIITTMANNChief Master Sergeant · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAZO GOMEZSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 78
From Santa Rita
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- DAVID CENTENO GRIJALVALance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1971
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.