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MICHAEL STEVENS HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – December 9, 1965
Service recordMichael Stevens Harris, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 4
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH REILLYMajor · December 9, 1965
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
- DANIEL LEON MORTLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
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.