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HAROLD LAWTON BASHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – November 29, 1968
Service recordHarold Lawton Basham, of Mcminnville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Tennessee (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 3
- PAUL PRICE POTTERSergeant · November 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS TURNERLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- SAMMIE LEE WATSON JRPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- DWAYNE JEFFERSON WHORTONPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNIE REESE GODWIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 5
- HURSTON EDWARD WORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 7
From Mcminnville
- JOE LYNN DELONGStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 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.