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CARL COLEMAN HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordCarl Coleman Harris, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 79
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 79
- WILLIAM HARRY HANDSergeant · August 20, 1969
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER A JACKSONLance Corporal · August 20, 1969
- MILTON JOHN MENDOZACorporal · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HARRY HANDSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 79
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.