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CHARLES CLIFFORD HARDING
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – February 9, 1967
Service recordCharles Clifford Harding, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 11
- ARMANDO AGUILARPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- LEROY HENSLEYPrivate · February 9, 1967
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · February 9, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDRICK SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FREDRICK SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 11
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.