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THOMAS JAMES HARBOUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordThomas James Harbour, of Auburn, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 13
- LEONARD EARL DUTCHERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 15
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 16
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Auburn
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.