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LEE HAMILTON HARRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1946 – January 30, 1969
Service recordLee Hamilton Harra, of Owatonna, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Owatonna, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 20
- GARY NEAL ISAACSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- HARPER BROWN KEELERMajor · January 30, 1969
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
From Owatonna
- WALTER OTHO TRAMELStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SCHROMPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE WIDENSergeant · May 6, 1970
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.