IMO SPC Harris

Specialist Dustin J. Harris, 21, of the Penobscot County town of Patten, Maine, died in Bayji, Iraq on April 6, when an improvised device detonated while he was conducting dismounted patrol operations. Harris was assigned to the 172nd Brigade Support Battalion, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

He was a 2002 graduate of Katahdin High School. He was remembered as a good student and outstanding soccer player. He was active in Stetson United Methodist church. He attended Eastern Maine Community College for two years where he studied diesel mechanics. While attending college he held a part-time job in an auto parts store.

He joined the Army in July 2004 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska in February 2005. he was a heavy wheeled vehicle operator. He attended Airborne school at Fort Benning, Georgia where he qualified as a paratrooper.

His awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Parachutist Badge, Combat Action Badge, and Weapons Qualification Badge.

A celebration of Harris' life took place on April 15, 2006 at Katahdin Elementary School in Stacyville, Maine followed by a private family burial at Patten Cemetery.

Websites Honoring Dustin Harris.

Legacy Guestbook.

In Remembrance.

Honor the fallen.

As Maine Goes - Dustin Harris.

Spc. Dustin J. Harris. Stryker Brigade News.

Faces of the Fallen. The Washington Post.

Army Spc. Dustin J. Harris. Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Dustin James Harris. The Anchorage Daily News.

Dustin J. Harris. Iraq War Heroes.

Army Specialist Dustin J. Harris. Fallen Heroes.

News Articles About Specialist Harris.