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PRENTISS HARRIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – May 31, 1969
Service recordPrentiss Harris JR, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 27
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · May 31, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HOHMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1969
- CLARENCE JONES JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 27
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 27
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 28
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 33
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 33
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 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.