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CHARLES HARMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1945 – March 25, 1966
Service recordCharles Harmon, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 47
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 47
- AL JUNIOUS CHATTINPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM E COPELAND IILance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- ANTONIO QUICHOCHO SABLANSergeant First Class · March 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 48
- HUGH WILLIAM ELMORECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 48
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.