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JESSE LEE HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordJesse Lee Harris, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 81
- WAYNE FRANCIS REEDPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- CHARLES H RICHARDS JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- WESLEY EARL BELLAMYSpecialist Four · July 17, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.