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HARRIS ALAN FOLMAR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – June 6, 1968
Service recordHarris Alan Folmar, of Pelham, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 2
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Pelham, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 2
- FORREST JAY FLYTECorporal · June 6, 1968
- JACKIE FRANKENSTEINLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH FRAZIER JRLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANCIL HOLTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS MAC WASHINGTONSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
From Pelham
- CARL LEE PALMERPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- MORRIS JAMES POWELLSergeant · February 7, 1966
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- JOE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.