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JAMES EDWARD HARMON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Harmon, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 59
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 59
- WALTER DENNIS HORNERLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Griffin
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 1970
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.
