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ROBERT EARL HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1944 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Harris, of San Jose, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 23
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LAMONTE VAN HORSLEYCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · May 9, 1968
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY FERGUSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.