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EDGAR HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1942 – June 26, 1970
Service recordEdgar Harris, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 95
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 95
- MICHAEL T GUZZETTI JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
- FOREST G HIGHLAND JRCorporal · June 26, 1970
- FREDERICK EDWARD HUGHENSHospitalman · June 26, 1970
- MELVIN LEWIS PULLENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
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.