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ABRAHAM HARRIS
Private · U.S. Army
August 18, 1945 – October 13, 1967
Service recordAbraham Harris, of York, South Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- York, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 100
- WALTER C EVANSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- KEITH EUGENE FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- HERMAN BERNARD GAILLIARDPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
From York
- JOHNNY PHILLIP COSTNERSergeant · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT SAYE GOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.