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HERMAN CLYDE HARRISON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 11, 1947 – December 7, 1968
Service recordHerman Clyde Harrison JR, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 7, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 56
- RICHARD FLAMOND HARRISPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- BENJAMIN LEE HOOPENGARNER JRSpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS KEAGPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- WALTER CLARENCE LEEPrivate · December 7, 1968
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 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.