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RODNEY CARSWELL HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1944 – November 1, 1965
Service recordRodney Carswell Harris, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 12
- GRAT GELEANE MYERSCorporal · August 24, 1965
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · November 1, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 11
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 11
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 11
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 11
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 13
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.