Army Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr.
Death: Aug 20, 2003
of Charlotte Tenn.; assigned to the 212th Transportation Company Army Reserve Chattanooga Tenn.; killed in two-vehicle accident Aug. 20 on the main supply route near Scania Iraq. The last time Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr. talked to his twin brother he seemed more concerned about folks back home than about himself. “I can’t even explain it. I just talked to him last weekend” Nathan Harris said. “He didn’t even think about himself. He just wanted to know that everybody (at home) is OK.” The 23-year-old Harris was driving on a supply route when he was fatally injured in a traffic accident in Scania Iraq on Aug. 20. — Associated Press Army reservist from Middle Tennessee dies in Iraq Associated Press An Army reservist from Charlotte Tenn. was killed while serving in Iraq the U.S. Department of Defense announced Aug. 21. Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr.23 was driving on a supply route Aug. 20 when he was involved in a two-vehicle accident that fatally injured him the Army said. Another soldier was injured. The accident which happened in Scania Iraq is being investigated. Harris was assigned to the 212th Transportation Company based in Chattanooga Tenn. Harris’s father Kenneth W. Harris Sr. of Cumberland Furnace Tenn. said he did not want to comment on his son’s death. “We’re still just gathering information” he told The Tennessean newspaper. His mother said she had no comment. Mike Miller taught Harris and his twin brother Nathan computer-assisted drawing at Dickson High School. He recalled Harris as “very likable person.” “He was one of those that did everything you asked” Miller said. Nathan Harris said he was devastated by the news of his brother’s death. “I can’t even explain it. I just talked to him last weekend” he told WZTV of Nashville on Thursday. “He didn’t even think about himself. He just wanted to know that everybody (at home) was OK.” Charlotte is 32 miles west of Nashville. Operation Iraqi Freedom