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JAMES WALDEN HARRIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordJames Walden Harris JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 5
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 TRANS CO USASUPCOM CRB
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 5
- WILLIAM EARNEST BEALL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- RAYMOND CONRAD HANIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.