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BENJAMIN HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Harris, of Hillsboro, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GERALD RAY HILLStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEWIS KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 65
From Hillsboro
- JEFFERY W SMITHSergeant · August 16, 1966
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.