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ROBERT ALAN HARRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1948 – January 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Alan Harrison, of Delevan, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Delevan, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 26
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY JAMESCorporal · January 11, 1970
From Delevan
- DWIGHT A DEDRICKWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 22, 1970
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.