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THOMAS JONES HARKNESS JR
Private · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – July 31, 1968
Service recordThomas Jones Harkness JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 39
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 39
- GARY DALE KELLERCorporal · July 31, 1968
- ARMANDO DANIEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 31, 1968
- JOSEPH E R NEALFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD PULLENSergeant · July 31, 1968
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.