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GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordGregory Michael Harrigan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 39
- BILLY CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JESS GAVIASpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST CECIL JAMISONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 40
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 41
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.