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ROBERT JOHN HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordRobert John Harris, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 17
- KENNETH ESTESSpecialist Five · April 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JRSergeant · April 5, 1969
- WILLIAM STANLEY GEARYSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.