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JOSEPH WAYNE HARRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – November 26, 1966
Service recordJoseph Wayne Harrison, of Crowley, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Crowley, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 120
- HAROLD LEONARD GRAVESLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WEBBLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
From Crowley
- WILLIAM C QUEBODEAUX JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · February 18, 1968
- HORACE JOSEPH LEJEUNE JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- MICHAEL L THIBODEAUXSergeant · July 19, 1970
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.