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JOHN CURTIS HARPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1945 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Curtis Harper, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 46
- WILLIAM DANIEL EALYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- GARRY GEORGE GREENSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE GRUBBSSeaman · September 20, 1968
- FELIPE HERRERALance Corporal · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DERRELL W CLEMMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43W, Line 45
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
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.