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WAYNE CLARK HARMON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1945 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWayne Clark Harmon, of Downey, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 43
- RAMON GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD GRIFFINCommander · May 19, 1967
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- PABLO DURANPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.