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HAROLD RAY HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – March 20, 1970
Service recordHarold Ray Harris, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 25
- JAMES LEONARD DAVISSergeant · March 20, 1970
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 24
- JAMES LEONARD DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 25
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 25
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 25
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- RUDOLPH DANIEL LOVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 26
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
- GARY ROSS STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
- ROBERT NOEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 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.