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EDWARD LEWIS HARRIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 26, 1943 – March 1, 1969
Service recordEdward Lewis Harris, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 3
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · March 1, 1969
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- RUDOLPH GUARDADOPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 7
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 7
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 9
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.