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ROBERT HENRY HARMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1949 – December 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry Harman, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 50
- DAVID GROENEPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HADLEYLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · December 6, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HEAGYLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.