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WILLIAM THOMAS HARRIS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1933 – October 8, 1963
Service recordWilliam Thomas Harris, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 30
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- June 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 30
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- LARRY DUANE JAMESONSergeant · October 8, 1963
- CLAUDE RICEHospitalman · October 8, 1963
- ARTHUR GENE RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
From Mesquite
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 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.