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JIM LAWRENCE HARNDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – December 10, 1967
Service recordJim Lawrence Harnden, of Long Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 75
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 75
- DONALD HARVEY GUITTARSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- BRUCE LEE HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1967
- BILLY ALLEN KELSALLSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN LARSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE DIRITACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- ALBERT EUGENE DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 72
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 73
- DANIEL ELI GARDNERCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 74
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 76
- SAMUEL JEROME SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 78
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.