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KENNETH WARD HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1948 – November 9, 1967
Service recordKenneth Ward Harris, of Grays Knob, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 58
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
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Grays Knob, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT ROLAND GONNEVILLECorporal · November 9, 1967
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- WILLIE C JOHNSON JRPlatoon Sergeant · November 9, 1967
From Grays Knob
- KENNETH RAY HARRISPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.