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DONALD EUGENE HARPER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1942 – March 16, 1967
Service recordDonald Eugene Harper JR, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 91
- FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLEY EDWARD GUNNLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE HARTLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- ROGER KEITH HOOSIERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.