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EDEWIN CLEO HARMON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – February 16, 1970
Service recordEdewin Cleo Harmon, of Corning, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Corning, Arkansas (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 20
- DON RAY MCINTIRESpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- DONALD WILLIAM MORINLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- EDWARD YEELance Corporal · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 18
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 18
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 19
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 21
From Corning
- CARLOS WADE CONRADPrivate · June 29, 1966
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL GREENLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
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.