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FREDERICK WILLIAM HARMS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – May 10, 1970
Service recordFrederick William Harms JR, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- RONALD WALTER HOLTPrivate First Class · May 10, 1970
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · May 10, 1970
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE NEIL DEBOERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 11
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 11
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 13
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 14
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 15
- RONALD OWEN SMILEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 15
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- LESLIE JOE WILBANKSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.