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PHILIP ANTHONY HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1951 – April 9, 1970
Service recordPhilip Anthony Harris, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 1 SQD 9 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 112
- HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JRCorporal · April 9, 1970
- JAMES COONEYStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- DAVID ROY EASLEYLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · April 9, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GATESPrivate First Class · April 9, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.