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RICHARD ELLIOTT HARLAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – March 15, 1971
Service recordRichard Elliott Harlan, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1971, 429 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 4W, Line 49
- JUAN ESPINOSACorporal · March 15, 1971
- RAYMOND JAMES GEORGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1971
- SAMUEL MORGAN HARRELLFirst Sergeant · March 15, 1971
- PHILIP ROBERT JAMROCKSpecialist Five · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT DELLWOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 48
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.