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WILLIAM LEE HARRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1942 – April 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lee Harris, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- May 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 108
- DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAPPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- ROGER EARL GOFFPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENLEECorporal · April 28, 1967
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SNOCKLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.