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GEORGE WILLIAM HARRIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1934 – May 26, 1967
Service recordGeorge William Harris, of Stratford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Stratford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 116
- ROBERT GORDON GODDARDLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CLAUDE HOWARDSergeant · May 26, 1967
From Stratford
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DURKIN JRCorporal · May 22, 1966
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD URBANLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.