Walhallan’s research bright to light Great War hero

A Walhalla man’s research has spotlighted a long forgotten American serviceman from the First World War and helped lead to the Spartanburg native’s name being added to Clemson University’s Scroll of Honor. The name of Carlos Golightly Harris recently became the 485th on the Scroll of Honor reserved for Clemson alumni who died on active military service. Harris died in 1926 of complications from his war wounds, some of which required him to be fitted for a titanium hip. The research work by Walhalla’s Brock Lusk, Major in the Air Force Reserve, was an eye opener to Lusk who, because of his Iraqi war service, felt a kinship to a man born who died 50 years after his birth. Of Harris, Lusk said, “This is a man who gave his life for our country. France recognized him with the Legion of Honor (France’s highest award,) and two awards of the Croix De Guerre….” Lusk’s research also highlighted that Harris was part of the famous 1917 Clemson class which, in enmasse, volunteered when the U-S entered the war.