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WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordWarren Guthrie Harding JR, of Westminster, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Westminster, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 65
- DANNY D GARDCorporal · February 28, 1968
- TERRY ALAN GILBERTSONStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EARL WAYNE HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 68
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 69
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 72
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Westminster
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL GOLDENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
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.