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RICHARD FLAMOND HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – December 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Flamond Harris, of Canton, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Mississippi (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 56
- HERMAN CLYDE HARRISON JRSergeant · December 7, 1968
- BENJAMIN LEE HOOPENGARNER JRSpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS KEAGPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- WALTER CLARENCE LEEPrivate · December 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODOLFO JOSE ARCHULETASpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 54
- JOHN LOUIS WAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 60
From Canton
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- HULAN DUANE ROLANDLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DONNIE DWIGHT PRESLEYLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON PETERSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.