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ROBERT LEE HARRIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1927 – September 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Harris, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1927
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 32
- GEORGE HOWARD DANIELS IISpecialist Five · September 4, 1969
- EARMON RAY DERRINGTONCorporal · September 4, 1969
- RUSSELL CARRELL FORDHAMSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 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.