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WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1944 – April 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Harff JR, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 37
- BILLY KEITH FORDPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 33
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 35
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · Panel 52E, Line 38
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 43
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 45
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 45
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.