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LEWIS ANDREW HARMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordLewis Andrew Harmon, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 39
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DELSergeant First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LEE MATHENYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 40
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.