Gary Alan Harned

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromSpringboro Pennsylvania
Date of DeathMarch 24 1970
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Staff Sergeant Harned was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On March 24, 1970, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) being extracted from a point 14 miles in Ratanokiri Province, Cambodia. As the helicopter started to ascend, it was hit by enemy fire and exploded. His remains were recovered on April 12, 1995 and identified on June 20, 2001. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.