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HAROLD GENE CURTIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – October 20, 1969
Service recordHarold Gene Curtis, of Concord, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 95
- RICHARD JAMES COSTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS FRED DANIELLSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS GAYLE HALLSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
From Concord
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- JAMES DAVID TRAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT HARRISON LANE JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.