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JIMMY KEN HARRISON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 31, 1948 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJimmy Ken Harrison, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 13
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- ERIC THOMAS HARSHBARGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1969
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 11
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 12
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 13
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.