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HARLAN SECRESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – December 31, 1968
Service recordHarlan Secress, of Hebron, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Hebron, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 13
- JON O NACYPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- JAMES JAY BRITTCorporal · December 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE DAVID KNIGHTSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- MARTIN G SAUBLE JRPrivate · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 11
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 11
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 12
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 14
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 14
From Hebron
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT CHAMPLINStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1971
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.