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HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordHarry Henry Desormeaux, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 3
- PAUL JOSEPH DICAPRIOCorporal · May 17, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ABRAHAM KAALELE AHUNASergeant First Class · Panel 61E, Line 21
From Sault Ste Marie
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 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.