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PAUL RAYMOND HARRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1946 – June 11, 1968
Service recordPaul Raymond Harrison, of Medway, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 25
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Medway, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 25
- OLLIE FORTEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- GORDON ABNER HAWKINSCaptain · June 11, 1968
- KENNETH JEROME HAWKINSSergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 25
- ROY ALAN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 30
- GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 30
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.