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JOHN HENRY HARRIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1946 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Henry Harris JR, of Greeley, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Greeley, Nebraska (Greeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 57
- CHARLES LEHMAN HACKWORTHPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN HINSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH MACCIOCaptain · July 28, 1969
From Greeley
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.