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JIMMIE RAY HARRISON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1935 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJimmie Ray Harrison, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 47
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1935
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 47
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAGLPetty Officer First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HAMMCaptain · March 14, 1968
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HENRY J CHESTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 45
- MICHAUEL DON FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- PATRICK ARNOLD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 52
- ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 56
From De Kalb
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
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.