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DENNIS LEROY HARMON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – July 21, 1966
Service recordDennis Leroy Harmon, of Richmond, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 52
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
From Richmond
- GERALD SAMOLEJSergeant · October 8, 1968
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.