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CHARLES E HARRISON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1946 – July 26, 1970
Service recordCharles E Harrison JR, of Kill Buck, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Kill Buck, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 54
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · July 26, 1970
- WALTER WADE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- ROY EDWARD HARRISSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 54
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 54
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 56
From Kill Buck
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · September 6, 1968
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.