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BENJAMIN HARRY HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1943 – November 7, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Harry Harris, of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 37
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 37
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DONALD LEROY JACOBSENCaptain · November 7, 1966
- JOHN A MEANSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Marcus Hook
- KENNETH PAUL BIRELEYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- JOHN FRANK STOCKMANCorporal · November 18, 1970
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.