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WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1945 – September 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam Michael Harper, of Kirksville, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 84
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Kirksville, Missouri (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 84
- MARVIN E GOEBELSpecialist Five · September 17, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD GORDONLance Corporal · September 17, 1967
- PETER ARTHUR GRUBBCaptain · September 17, 1967
- THOMAS DESMOND LANMANSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 83
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 83
- CLYDE EVERTTE PAUL JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 85
- WILFRED M PEREZSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 86
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 86
From Kirksville
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · March 21, 1967
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
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.