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GEORGE ROBERT HARRISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – April 23, 1967
Service recordGeorge Robert Harrison, of Clearmont, Wyoming, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Clearmont, Wyoming (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 75
- JOSE G HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JIMMIE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANK LEWELLINLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
From Clearmont
- DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDERLieutenant Colonel · February 13, 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.