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DONALD HARRISON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1945 – December 2, 1966
Service recordDonald Harrison, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 5
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
- MONTE LARUE MOORBERGCaptain · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 2
- LEE JOSEPH BOUDREAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.