William Wesley "Billy" Harriss was born Sept 3, 1927 at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar to Clifford Sidney & Naomi E Kirtley Harris. "Billy" graduated from Fort Smith High School and attended 1 year at Fort Smith Junior College. His draft regristration card gives his street address as 1103 No 14th, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. Billy registered for the military draft September 4, 1945 at the court house in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. He enlisted in the military 2 Apr 1946 at San Antonio, Texas, giving his home place as Sebastian, Co., Ark. and stating he had completed 1 year of college.