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MICHAEL LEROY HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 3, 1949 – November 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Leroy Harris, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 18
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 16
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 19
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 20
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
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.