HARRY CLIFFORD ROBERT

Name: CW3 Clifford Robert Harry
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/22/1965 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 41.9
Date of Birth: 11/23/1923
Home City: Chicago, IL
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: A/228 ASHB 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 02E-130
Short Summary: Contracted an unusual strain of malaria, evauacted to Hawaii where he died. The first pilot to die after this unit arrived in Vietnam.
Service number: W2207418
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Primary cause: Malaria
Started Tour: 08/18/1965
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 22
Location: Unknown Province

Additional information about this casualty:
Contracted an unusual strain of malaria that the doctors were unable to diagnose for some time. He remained in the company area several days after he got sick and was finally evacuated to Hawaii where he died. He was the first pilot to die in the company after it arrived in Vietnam.

Reason: Malaria
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died illness or injuries
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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