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MICHAEL LEO HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordMichael Leo Harris, of Vallejo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 67
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
- Cable Splicer (36E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 67
- DAVID ROY HAYWARDSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.