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HARLAN KENNETH GAMMONS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – January 9, 1970
Service recordHarlan Kenneth Gammons JR, of Mt Airy, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Airy, North Carolina (Surry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 17
- HOWARD EUGENE BROWN JRSeaman · January 9, 1970
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · January 9, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE EMBREESpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES STEFKOFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 20
From Mt Airy
- JAMES RAWLEY JONESCaptain · June 17, 1967
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- MONT STEVE SMOOTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1972
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.