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JAMES FRANKLIN HARRIS
Private · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – December 20, 1966
Service recordJames Franklin Harris, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 63
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS HARRISLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- DAVID ANTHONY LUMFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.