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JAMES CRAIG HARRIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 3, 1946 – February 1, 1971
Service recordJames Craig Harris, of Liberty Center, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 1, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 71
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberty Center, Indiana (Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 71
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- CLYDE WAYNE COBLESpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- GORDON LEE CRAWFORDSergeant · February 1, 1971
- LOREN DALLAS LEBEAUSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
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.