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HARRY KENDALL HARRIS JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1932 – July 26, 1971
Service recordHarry Kendall Harris JR, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 115
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 115
- RALPH EDWARD MCELRATHCorporal · July 26, 1971
- CLIFFORD FRANKLIN DOWLINGPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1971
- RANDALL HAROLD GEISSpecialist Five · July 27, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT GROSSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1971
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 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.