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VERN ALLEN HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – September 15, 1968
Service recordVern Allen Harris, of Glad Valley, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 64
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Glad Valley, South Dakota (Ziebach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 64
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM AUSTIN FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- RICHARD GREEN JRSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- ROBERT HENRY STAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
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.