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EDWARD LEON HARRIS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1943 – April 12, 1968
Service recordEdward Leon Harris, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 31
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 31
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GOODMANStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.