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JOHN JAMES HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1948 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJohn James Harris, of Iola, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 11
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Iola, Kansas (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 11
- RICHARD JAMES GROOMSSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- DAVID LIVINGSTONE GROVESSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- LEON HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
From Iola
- JOHN ARTHUR MOTTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GOODNERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.