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RODNEY CECIL HARSCH
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 5, 1949 – August 26, 1971
Service recordRodney Cecil Harsch, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 26, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 2
- BOBBY FRANK LIMERICKSergeant · August 25, 1971
- DANIEL ALLAN BRANCHEAUSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- KENNETH RAY GULLETTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
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.