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JACK MARSTON HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordJack Marston Harris, of Roseville, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Roseville, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 127
- EARL GILBERT GRUBBLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES DALE HILLSeaman Apprentice · May 15, 1967
- NORMAN ROGER HOCKERCorporal · May 15, 1967
- LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 2
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · Panel 20E, Line 3
From Roseville
- MARIANO R NEGRANZA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN YATESLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 1970
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.