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GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – May 21, 1968
Service recordGregory Alexander Harper, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 14
- JIMMY WAYNE HAMBYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- VICTOR ROMAN HEESACKERSpecialist Five · May 21, 1968
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- CHARLES PATRICK BROWNSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 12
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 12
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 13
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 15
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 17
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.