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JOHN CARLOS HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1940 – July 21, 1965
Service recordJohn Carlos Harris, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 42
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- ROY JAMES BLAKELEYMajor · July 22, 1965
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 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.