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THOMAS JOHN HARTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1947 – January 15, 1967
Service recordThomas John Harty, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 35
- ROGER ALLEN HITESSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUGHTIONCorporal · January 15, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- A J BOTTOMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14E, Line 31
- ROBERT GREER STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14E, Line 38
- KENNETH WARREN TEETERSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 39
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.