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ROBERT WILLIAM HARRIS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 2, 1942 – September 23, 1968
Service recordRobert William Harris, of Centralia, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 23, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Centralia, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 69
- ALLAN FRED KOEBERNICKStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAISANOPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Centralia
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- BILLY DALE JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WIKESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
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.