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HARRY DON RASH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1946 – January 20, 1967
Service recordHarry Don Rash, of Herrin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Herrin, Illinois (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 January 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 59
- CLYDE HAROLD OBRIENStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · January 20, 1967
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
From Herrin
- DENNIS FOX HUGHESPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDREW KUHNKECaptain · November 26, 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.