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MICHAEL PAUL HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – March 23, 1968
Service recordMichael Paul Harris, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 63
- IAN JACK FRANKSSpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1968
- MASAKI HATTORIMajor · March 23, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 63
- DONALD FRANCIS LANDERSCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 64
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.