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REUBEN BEAUMONT HARRIS
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 12, 1938 – April 12, 1966
Service recordReuben Beaumont Harris, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on April 12, 1966, in China, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAH 4
- Born
- April 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 12, 1966
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAH 4”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 106
- LAVALL DURRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM ALBERT GLASSON JRCommander · April 12, 1966
- JOHN MATHAS JAMESLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALBERT GLASSON JRCommander · Panel 6E, Line 106
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.