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JIMMIE LEE HARVIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1946 – November 9, 1968
Service recordJimmie Lee Harvin, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 40
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 40
- GARRYL DAVID CARDINALPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEWITTPrivate · November 9, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARDS JRSergeant · November 9, 1968
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.