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BOBBY GLENN HARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1952 – March 17, 1971
Service recordBobby Glenn Harris, of Mission, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 17, 1971, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 17, 1971
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 56
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID SCHLUTTERFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BAUMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAULChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- CRAIG MITCHELL DIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 54
- ROBERT CARRELL GREENCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 55
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 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.