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WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – February 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Frederick Harrington, of South Paris, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- South Paris, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 38E, Line 32
- ROBERT GRANTHAN LAPHAMMajor · February 8, 1968
- HOWARD W LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES LEWERCorporal · February 8, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD LOPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BARBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 20
- JOSEPH B BOWMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 21
- DOUGLASS J DENNISSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 25
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- JAMES RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 35
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE KAY TUTTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
From South Paris
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- PAUL LEROY BARKERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · November 28, 1971
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.