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ROBERT GEORGE HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordRobert George Harris, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
- DARREL BRUCE HELMKEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JACK WAYNE HESSSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH HETTICHCorporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 31
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.