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HAROLD JOSEPH ALWAN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1934 – February 27, 1967
Service recordHarold Joseph Alwan, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on February 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 103
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 121 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- August 4, 1934
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 27, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 103
- ROBERT CLYDE ALLENSergeant · February 27, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BARCENASpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CARLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 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.