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ROBERT DUANE HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – November 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Duane Harris, of Percival, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Percival, Iowa (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 29
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- CLARENCE LEANEAL HOLMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- ROGER LARRY JONESLance Corporal · November 4, 1969
- CHARLES LEE KARRCaptain · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 27
- PETER MICHAEL CONNORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 28
- ROBERTO JAVIER MACIASSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 30
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.