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CHARLES LOUIS HARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Louis Harris, of Marianna, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 38
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Marianna, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 38
- RONALD PEREZ CUASITOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JAMES ROLAND FIELDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · September 5, 1969
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT FABIAN BABELPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- GARY WILLIAM LAHNACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 40
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 42
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Marianna
- GEORGE EARL GLENN JRCorporal · September 25, 1967
- SHERMAN THOMAS WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE GILPINCorporal · August 2, 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.