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RUSSELL LEE HARRIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRussell Lee Harris, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 14
- BILLY GUINN LANGLEYCorporal · February 11, 1969
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- HARVEY EUGENE LOTTLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- LARRY JOE LUCKETTSeaman · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 12
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.