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KENNETH RAY HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – June 13, 1969
Service recordKenneth Ray Harris, of Grays Knob, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Grays Knob, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 40
- CHARLES MANUEL ANDUJARStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- ADRIAN JOSEPH JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 13, 1969
From Grays Knob
- KENNETH WARD HARRISPrivate First Class · November 9, 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.