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JAMES BRADDOCK HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – April 24, 1971
Service recordJames Braddock Harris, of Festus, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 8
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · April 24, 1971
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 6
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · Panel 3W, Line 8
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 8
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 11
From Festus
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 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.