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GRADY HERSHALL HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – August 8, 1968
Service recordGrady Hershall Harris, of Caryville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Caryville, Florida (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 30
- MARTIN STEVE GRUBER JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
- WILLIAM SAMUEL IRBYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- PHILLIPS H IZARD JRCaptain · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN STEVE GRUBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 30
- WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 35
From Caryville
- FLOYD EUGENE SELLERSPrivate First Class · July 30, 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.