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ROBERT ERNEST HARRIS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1929 – November 9, 1966
Service recordRobert Ernest Harris, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- July 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 47
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- CARL DEAN HOFFMANLance Corporal · November 9, 1966
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNS JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
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.