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WILLIAM PHILLIP HARWOOD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1944 – September 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Phillip Harwood, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD GLEGGLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- LARRY FRANK HORSLEYSergeant · September 8, 1968
- REDLICK SIMS KOPPELWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
- ELLIS EDWARD LAIRSergeant · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REDLICK SIMS KOPPELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 3
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.