James Arthur Harwood

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromDallas Texas
Date of DeathJanuary 15 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Harwood was a member of Detachment B-43, 5th Special Forces Group. On January 15, 1971, he training the 1st Cambodian Mobile Operations Battalion at Nui Ta Bec, five miles northwest of Camp Chi Lang, South Vietnam. A fire fight began at Hill 282 (Nui Ta Bec) and Staff Sergeant Harwood was a declared missing. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.