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DANIEL WALLACE HARRISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – June 2, 1970
Service recordDaniel Wallace Harrison, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 1
- JAMES VAL GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1970
- GARY LYN GILESStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
- DARRELL WAYNE HANSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS BOHRMANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 133
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 2
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.