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HORACE HIGLEY FLEMING III
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1941 – May 10, 1968
Service recordHorace Higley Fleming III, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 6
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 265 MAG 16 1 MAW
- Born
- May 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 6
- SHELBY EMERSON COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS CLYDE SCHRIVERStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.