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EDWARD EARL HARSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – November 1, 1967
Service recordEdward Earl Harson JR, of Victoria, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 2
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RICHARD GLEN DAVISLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- DENNIS RAY DIEBALLSergeant · November 1, 1967
- GARY LYNN GASCONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 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.