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WILLIAM LEE HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lee Harris, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 10
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 10
- CHARLES EDWARD DUNCANCorporal · June 28, 1968
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · June 28, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 12
- LOUIS CLEVELAND KIMBRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 12
- YANCEY SMITH JRPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 13
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.