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LARRY THOMAS HARRISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1949 – February 19, 1970
Service recordLarry Thomas Harrison, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 32
- DICKEY LARUE COOLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD FURNISHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- PHILLIP FRANK HULTSSergeant · February 19, 1970
- MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYASpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 32
- JIMMIE RAY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 33
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.