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REX DOUGLAS HARLOW
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – June 30, 1969
Service recordRex Douglas Harlow, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 38
- WAYNE STANLEY HORVATHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM HULMESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1969
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JAMES ARNOLD KLYNECorporal · June 30, 1969
- RICHARD MONROE PRUETTSergeant · February 28, 2005
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARRY GERNERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 37
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- LARRY COSIMO VALLELONGASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
From Glasgow
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
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.