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DANA ALAN HARRISON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1948 – August 7, 1968
Service recordDana Alan Harrison, of Canton, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Illinois (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · August 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- ANTHONY HEINCorporal · August 7, 1968
From Canton
- BRUCE G HOWERTERSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM SCOTTCorporal · March 16, 1968
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
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.