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JAMES WILLIAM HARNESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – November 13, 1968
Service recordJames William Harness, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 58
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · November 13, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BUCHANANMajor · November 13, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN CARROLLPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOHN CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 58
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.