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ALLAN LYNN HARRIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – August 29, 1971
Service recordAllan Lynn Harris, of Etiwanda, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Etiwanda, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 5
- EUGENE GRIFFINPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1971
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1971
- OSCAR BURDETT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 29, 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.