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CURTIS RAY HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordCurtis Ray Harris, of Albemarle, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Albemarle, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 24W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROBERT HALECorporal · May 14, 1969
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- PHILLIP HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- ROBERT M HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ANTHONY CHEVALIERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 3
- GERALD RICHARD HWANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 7
- REESE MICHAEL PATRICKCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 10
From Albemarle
- HENRY FONZO SMITHSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- HARRY LAMAR BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SICKLESCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.