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TERRENCE L HARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1944 – December 24, 1970
Service recordTerrence L Harris, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 5
- LARRY MICHAEL HEENSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- ALBRO LYNN LUNDY JRMajor · December 24, 1970
- CALVIN DAVID MACKCorporal · December 24, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEANPrivate First Class · December 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GARY BUCHANANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 4
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEANPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 5
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.