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GREGORY JOHN HARRIS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1945 – June 12, 1966
Service recordGregory John Harris, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 12, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 42
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Technician (2861)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 12, 1966
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 42
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- RENE CERDA LOPEZSergeant · June 12, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.