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MICHAEL R HARRIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – July 26, 1967
Service recordMichael R Harris JR, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 3
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 2
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 3
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 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.