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LESLIE EARL HARRIS JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 20, 1924 – May 5, 1968
Service recordLeslie Earl Harris JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 20, 1924
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 16
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMORY HEILMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DUANE A HELMICKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- HAROLD THOMAS HENESYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.