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CAREY DEAN HARMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – April 26, 1968
Service recordCarey Dean Harmon, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Mohave County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 19
- STEVEN CLINTON HEFFNERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · April 26, 1968
- WAYNE HENRY HOFFNERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
From Lake Havasu City
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
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.