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JOHN REHILL HARRELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1945 – November 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Rehill Harrell, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 17
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- WALTER ALLEN FRYWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.