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JOSEPH RANDAL HARRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordJoseph Randal Harris, of Versailles, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 117
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Versailles, Kentucky (Woodford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 117
- RICHARD OWEN GANLEYLieutenant Colonel · November 24, 1969
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- LARRY IRWIN GREWELLChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 113
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 115
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Versailles
- DONNIE RAY BEASLEYSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
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.