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WILLIAM THOMAS HARRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1946 – March 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Harris, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 43
- PETER F DEWILDE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DAVID PAUL JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 45
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
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.