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ROBERT LOUIS HARRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Harrison, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 15
- JAMES JOSEPH HEWLETTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR HILLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRENT R JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 17
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 2
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 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.