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HARLON JOE GILMORE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1937 – January 23, 1969
Service recordHarlon Joe Gilmore, of Waco, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 64
- GERALD JACOB BUDBILLSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- BENNY EARL DAVISSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- SYLVESTER DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.