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RANDALL LYNN HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 13, 1952 – February 8, 1971
Service recordRandall Lynn Harris, of West Memphis, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1952
- Home of record
- West Memphis, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 88
- KYLE CLINTON HOLFELTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- KEVIN PETER KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- DALE WALTER MEADPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- LEWIS DONALD MEYER JRCorporal · February 8, 1971
- JOSEPH WAYNE MILEYSergeant · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY LYNN BRINEGARCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 86
- DALE WALTER MEADPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 88
From West Memphis
- HENRY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES HERBERT GRAHAMCorporal · February 4, 1968
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · May 16, 1968
- HOUSTON FRANKLIN THOMASLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · April 5, 1969
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.