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WILLIAM DEXTER HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1946 – September 14, 1973
Service recordWilliam Dexter Harris, of Madisonville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1973, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1973
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1973. In September 1973, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 120
- STEPHEN EUGENE BULLARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 1973
- CHARLES F SCOTTCaptain · November 27, 1973
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
- DAVID L WEEKSLieutenant Colonel · November 12, 1974
- PAUL ISAAC VEGASSeaman · April 22, 1975
From Madisonville
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
- JOHN LEE JONESCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
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.