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RICHARD EARL HARRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Earl Harrison, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 60
- RICHARD ALLEN HARDINLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JEFFREY REX HUGHESSergeant · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 65
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 68
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.