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JIMMY LEO HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – August 28, 1968
Service recordJimmy Leo Harris, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 49
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 49
- JOHN THOMAS HARTLEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ARMANDO SANCHEZ NAVARROPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 47
- JOSEPH ERNEST TAFOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.