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JOHN MILTON HARRINGTON
Captain · U.S. Army
July 26, 1940 – September 19, 1966
Service recordJohn Milton Harrington, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 118
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 118
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- WARREN LEE GOULDMajor · September 19, 1966
- GOLLIE LEO GRANTHospitalman · September 19, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH HEETHER IIPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 117
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 118
- RONALD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 122
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 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.