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HARLIN PERRY TREEN
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 10, 1929 – August 12, 1968
Service recordHarlin Perry Treen, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 4
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
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.