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CHARLES RICKEY HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – July 25, 1971
Service recordCharles Rickey Harris, of Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Lake Cormorant, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 113
- RANDALL DAVID DALTONSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- RONALD NELIONAL GOODWINSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- STEPHEN ELLIS SLOCUMSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
From Lake Cormorant
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · January 20, 1969
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.