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GLENN ALVIN HARRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1948 – February 21, 1967
Service recordGlenn Alvin Harris, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 69
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 69
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BYRON GRANT HIGHLANDGunnery Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.