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OLIVER YATES HARRELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – January 24, 1970
Service recordOliver Yates Harrelson, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 62
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 62
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- WILLIAM A GRIFFIS IIICaptain · January 24, 1970
- MILFORD DON ISAACSONFirst Lieutenant · January 24, 1970
- PAUL NASH JACKSONCaptain · January 24, 1970
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.