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JAMES RONALD HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Harris, of Clarksville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Arkansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 41
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- DAVID URBAN FRITZCorporal · August 27, 1968
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- PAUL RAY GRINESpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- WILLIAM F FLAHERTY IIICorporal · Panel 46W, Line 40
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
From Clarksville
- CARL RICKIE HUTSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- MALTON GENE SHORESPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEROY BRIAN ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
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.