View source for JOHN T. HARRIS, 2LT, USMC

{{KeyDates|name_class=John Harris '23|DoB=April 7, 1901|DoD=February 21, 1928|Age=26}}

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|picture=1923 Harris LB.jpg
|LBName=John Thomas Harris
|LBHometown=Greenfield, Missouri
|LBNickname="Jack" "Foo-foo"
|LBText=HEY, boys, I'm dragging Saturday." That is what usually greets us about the middle of every week from the tall handsome snake from Missouri. Now I ask you, girls, after looking on such a sublime physiognomy would you think that he is a firm believer in the "Origin of the Species"? It's a fact, a fact well known by his roommates. Being naturally savvy enough to get by the "All Academics" without trouble, Jack has spent many hours "Boning" Darwinism.
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John probably thinks his prehistoric ancestors had a long swim because contrary to expectations, he hails from the "show me" State. During June '18 his home "Podunk" was thrown in a high state of excitement by the news of "Foo-Foo's" appointment to the Naval Academy. Then followed a period of "prepping" by our hero at the Missouri University during which time, as well as Plebe summer, he showed the stuff he was made of, and gained many friends. Since those happy days John has easily weathered four heavy seas on the U. S. S. Bancroft.
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Happy, easy going, and savvy—that's Jack.}}

== Loss ==
John was lost on February 21, 1928 when the [https://newspaperarchive.com/albert-lea-evening-tribune-feb-22-1928-p-1/ plane he was piloting] crashed at Port-de-Paix, Haiti.

== Other Information ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
<blockquote>
John’s father was also named John, and he ran a bookstore in Center, Missouri, in 1920. His mother was Fanny, and his sister was Pearl, a bank stenographer. His brothers were Frank, William, and Richard. When John died, his parents had moved to Greenfield, Missouri.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat, Feb. 23, 1928: John was killed “… when the plane in which he was riding with Homer Howell, representative of the United Fruit Company, crashed at Port de Paix, Haiti. Lieut. Harris was in charge of the hangar assigned to Col. Lindbergh during his visit to Port Au Prince, and was the first to greet the flyer upon his arrival. … Lieut. Harris visited in Greenville and St. Louis last fall and at that time was urged by his mother and sister to give up flying. He asserted aviation meant life to him, and if he knew he would die in a crash in a week, he would not give it up.”
</blockquote>

He [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49198753/john-thomas-harris is buried in] Arlington National Cemetery.

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