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MATTHEW N HARRIS JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 1, 1931 – May 28, 1965
Service recordMatthew N Harris JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 126
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 126
- RANDOLPH TRUMAN HICKSPrivate · May 28, 1965
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 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.