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ROLAND LORENZO HARRIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1938 – February 6, 1969
Service recordRoland Lorenzo Harris, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 71
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS DOUGLASSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- LEWIS CARLTON JONES JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.