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HAROLD LEE HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – October 22, 1966
Service recordHarold Lee Harris, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 94
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRUDZINSKILance Corporal · October 21, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- DANNY EVERETT HYDEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE MCCANNFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 97
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
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.