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JAMES CRAIG HARMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJames Craig Harmon, of Chelsea, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Information Systems Operator-Analyst (74B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Chelsea, South Dakota (Faulk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 123
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT HILLIARDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · August 10, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.