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RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Douglas Harned, of College Point, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- College Point, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 42
- RAMON GARCIAStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES RONALD GOLLINGPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- FRANK GOMEZSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY DEAN HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 44
- JAMES ELGIN NEELYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 51
From College Point
- HORACE W COWDRICK JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- ANTHONY JAY DEBONOPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- ENVER BAJINCorporal · November 18, 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.