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RONALD LEE HARRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – January 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Harris, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 37
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD HICKSSergeant · January 19, 1969
- CLARENCE MITCHELL HILLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 36
From West Mifflin
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
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.