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HARLAN CARL RILK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1945 – September 16, 1967
Service recordHarlan Carl Rilk, of Dover, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 80
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Dover, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · September 16, 1967
From Dover
- ROBERT ERNEST SIPESpecialist Five · September 23, 1967
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · May 21, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- JOHN B PETERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.