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EUGENE HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordEugene Harris, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 51E, Line 20
- JACK DEE GOODESpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LANE KORNEGAY HARGROVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- HIAWATHA HICKSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.