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HARMON THURSTON RESPASS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1945 – June 16, 1967
Service recordHarmon Thurston Respass, of Columbia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 115
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbia, North Carolina (Tyrrell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 115
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Columbia
- JAMES TERRY PAYNELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
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.