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JERRY LEE HARRIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 24, 1941 – September 29, 1968
Service recordJerry Lee Harris, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 41
- LEE MICHAEL HALSTEADFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- HAL KENT HOWELLPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- RONALD JAMES HUELSKAMPPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE MACEPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 42
- WILLIAM PAUL ROLLINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 43
- BLAINE JOSEPH SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 43
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 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.