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WILLIAM CLYDE HARPER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1936 – October 10, 1965
Service recordWilliam Clyde Harper, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 116
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 116
- HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICKSergeant · October 10, 1965
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICKSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 116
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 118
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 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.