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STEVE WESTLEL HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – August 15, 1966
Service recordSteve Westlel Harris, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 8
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- JOHN LEWIS HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 6
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.