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JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1949 – June 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Harrington, of Traverse City, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 10
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Traverse City, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 10
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate · June 4, 1968
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- EARL ROGER LERCHPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1968
From Traverse City
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MELVIN UDELSON WANGESHIKSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS MEREDITH MCNABBSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
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.