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THOMAS ALEXANDER HARP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordThomas Alexander Harp, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 6
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 6
- RICHARD LOWELL CURDCorporal · August 17, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LAURENT NORBERT DIONCommander · August 17, 1967
- DON R HARGERWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1967
From Frankfort
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · April 14, 1969
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.