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ROBERT ALLEN HARRISON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – January 2, 1971
Service recordRobert Allen Harrison, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 21
- FRANK JOSEPH LUKITSCH JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1971
- RAMON AURELIO SERVERA-BAEZStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1971
- HARVEY GERALD SOKOLOFSergeant · January 2, 1971
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1971
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.