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THOMAS PRESTON HARVEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – June 16, 1971
Service recordThomas Preston Harvey, of Lashmeet, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 78
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Lashmeet, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 78
- DONALD WOODSpecialist Five · June 15, 1971
- DANNY GERALD STUDDARDSergeant · June 16, 1971
- ERNEST KENNETH TYLERSpecialist Five · June 16, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT VALTRCaptain · June 16, 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.