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ELTON ODIS HARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1935 – June 18, 1966
Service recordElton Odis Harris, of Eldorado, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Eldorado, Texas (Schleicher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 60
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- SAM CANADA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JAMES DON HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAM CANADA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 60
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 60
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 61
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.