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JOHN CHARLES HARDING JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1946 – December 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Harding JR, of Mocksville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Mocksville, North Carolina (Davie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 65
- VICTOR HALELance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM HALL JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- WAYNE DAVID HAMILTONLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN DAVID HANCOCKSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
From Mocksville
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- ELVIE BELL JRCorporal · February 28, 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.