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HARRY OWENS WHITLOCK JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1945 – October 23, 1967
Service recordHarry Owens Whitlock JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 59
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- RICHARD CHAMP CLARKLieutenant · October 24, 1967
- GARY LEE CONAWAYPetty Officer First Class · October 24, 1967
- VAUGHN PAUL FLIZANESSecond Lieutenant · October 24, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.