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WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordWesley Homer Harris JR, of Kilbourne, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Kilbourne, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 18
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · November 2, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 17
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 17
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 17
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 19
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 19
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 21
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 23
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.