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ALBERT LEWIS HARRISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1941 – May 6, 1970
Service recordAlbert Lewis Harrison, of Jackson, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Jackson, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 114
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ALLEN GENE KINNEStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT LEE KIRKWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1970
- AUGUSTO C PADUA-LEDESMAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE MCKIDDYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 115
- MICKEY DON PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 116
- TOMMY LEON WHIDDONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 118
From Jackson
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · January 18, 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.