Full Name: CLEVELAND RAY HARVEY
Date of Birth: 6/16/1947
Date of Casualty: 11/18/1970
Home of Record: ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS
Rank: 1LT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG NAM
Born in Virginia in 1947, he was killed-in-action in Vietnam
in 1970. He earned the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart as well as the
Vietnam Campaign Medal. He is buried in Section 7 of Arlington National
Cemetery.
Butch left with his Commanding Officer, Colonel
Leftwich, on a copter rescue of a 7 man Recon team in the mountains. The
weather was terrible with fog and clouds.
Lieutenant Rogers managed to extract the team
with a SPIE rig as they could not land and it took a long time and a lot
of skill. With 7 Marines hanging onto the rig, Rogers crashed into a mountain
in the fog and darkness killing all 15
Marines. Every Marine was a combat veteran
and hero. Their deaths were devastating to all who knew them. Butch's job
called for facing death every day and he was admired by officers and enlisted
men alike. David R. Sanchez.
HARVEY, CLEVELAND R
1LT USMC
DATE OF BIRTH: 06/16/1947
DATE OF DEATH: 11/18/1970
BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 9050-1
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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