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JACK HARRIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJack Harris JR, of Sterling Park, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling Park, Virginia (Loudoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 95
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 1969
- HARRY FRANK LALONDE JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- WALTER BEDFORD LOWE JRStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- CHARLIE HOWARD MITCHELLCorporal · September 16, 1969
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.