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WILLIAM HARP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – September 4, 1970
Service recordWilliam Harp, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 37
- CRAIG THOMAS WATERMANCorporal · September 3, 1970
- RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
- JOSEPH KENT GRENIERAirman First Class · September 4, 1970
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
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.