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BUFFARD CLIFTON HARRISON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1938 – June 20, 1969
Service recordBuffard Clifton Harrison, of Terral, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Terral, Oklahoma (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 97
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · June 20, 1969
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · June 20, 1969
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS C SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
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.