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ALAN BATES HARRIMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
April 8, 1938 – August 15, 1964
Service recordAlan Bates Harriman, of Swampscott, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Swampscott, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 62
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- JAMES MICHAEL COYLECaptain · August 20, 1964
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
From Swampscott
- WALTER HENRY FORBES IIICaptain · March 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLERY HUSSEYMajor · May 4, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.