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JOHN BRAYTON HARLOW JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 17, 1945 – October 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Brayton Harlow JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 68
- DAVID A DISRUDSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GOMESSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE MCLAUGHLINCorporal · October 3, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.