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URBAN HAROLD JOHANNES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordUrban Harold Johannes JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 47
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER IIISergeant · October 11, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.