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PATRICK JAMES HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1946 – February 18, 1966
Service recordPatrick James Harris, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 46
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- CAROL ANN ELIZABET DRAZBASecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- DANIEL FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 44
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- WILLIE EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 45
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 49
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 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.