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ARTHUR HARMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordArthur Harmon, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 26
- WILLIAM RIEVES CURRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS PAUL FRASERPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HANSENPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.