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ROY GREEN HARRIS JR
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1933 – September 20, 1967
Service recordRoy Green Harris JR, of New York, New York, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1933
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 96
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- STANLEY HORTONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- RICHARD DALE NORWOODSpecialist Four · September 20, 1967
- TERRY LEE OAKDENSergeant · September 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 96
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.