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GARY LAMONTE HARMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordGary Lamonte Harms, of Inglewood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 29
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 29
- CHARLEY VERNON STANLEYSergeant · July 7, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN FERGUSONSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- LEE ODAY GLANCY IIILance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- DALE MARTIN HUSTONSpecialist Five · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED OMAR PRATTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 32
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 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.