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LARRY GENE HARRISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – February 26, 1971
Service recordLarry Gene Harrison, of Williamston, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamston, North Carolina (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 7
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · February 26, 1971
- WALTER HODGKINGSON NAYARPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1971
- JOHN MARTIN SOUTHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 26, 1971
- JON EDWARD SWANSONCaptain · February 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JON EDWARD SWANSONCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 7
From Williamston
- JIMMY DARRELL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ELVERNON PEELECaptain · July 26, 1969
- LONNIE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
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.