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LEE RUSSELL HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1950 – January 17, 1969
Service recordLee Russell Harris, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 24
- JAMES MILAN GAHAGANSergeant · January 17, 1969
- DONALD ALAN GUERTINSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 20
- WALTER EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 21
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 22
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · Panel 34W, Line 23
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 24
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 25
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.