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HARRY KIM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – August 5, 1968
Service recordHarry Kim, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 15
- ROBERT DAVIS LONGStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · August 5, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 14
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 15
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 16
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 16
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.