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MARVIN HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1942 – June 27, 1966
Service recordMarvin Harris, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 100
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 100
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · June 27, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GALEN DEAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 101
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 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.