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JAMES ARNOLD HARDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – January 17, 1967
Service recordJames Arnold Harden, of Aberdeen, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 145 COM ACT BN I AVN BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 44
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- YVON ANDRE HEBERTCorporal · January 17, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- KENTON DON KNAPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
From Aberdeen
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 24, 1966
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
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.