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CHIP RUSSELL HARRISON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1949 – April 10, 1968
Service recordChip Russell Harrison, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 11
- KIMMEY DEAN HOBBSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- DENNIS FOX HUGHESPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · April 10, 1968
- RAYMOND E KELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.