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HARMON L REMMEL III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1943 – February 7, 1968
Service recordHarmon L Remmel III, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger (88104)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Bon Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 12
- JAMES JOSEPH RICEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- LARRY DEAN RIPLEYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- WAYNE DUSTIN ROBBINSSergeant · February 7, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD ROBINSONLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL FREDERICK CHARNETZKISergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 80
- VORIN EDWIN WHAN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 38E, Line 18
From Fayetteville
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 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.