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HARLOW KENNETH HALBOWER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1936 – January 2, 1966
Service recordHarlow Kenneth Halbower, of Anthony, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 2, 1966, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Anthony, Kansas (Harper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 50
- ROBERT HUGH PRICEFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1966
- JOHNNY H LEAKEPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- GARY FRANKLIN LEWISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · January 2, 1966
From Anthony
- KENNETH EUGENE COESpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
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.