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LARRY RAY HARRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordLarry Ray Harris, of Englewood, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Englewood, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 14
- DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- CAL THOMAS HAMMACKLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN HOLTONCaptain · January 29, 1969
From Englewood
- JAMES DENNIS CASTEELSpecialist Four · December 17, 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.