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LOWELL EUGENE HARMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1939 – December 3, 1966
Service recordLowell Eugene Harms, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 8
- JACK WEAVERStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- MARVIN RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
- EPHRIAM HENRY JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 8
- LELAND RAY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 9
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 9
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.