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RONALD EDWARD HARRISON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 30, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordRonald Edward Harrison, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 5
- NEWTON MORGAN GRAY JRCorporal · May 20, 1968
- ROGER FRANCIS JORDANSergeant · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY JUNKSergeant · May 20, 1968
- PAUL ANGELO PARAMATTOSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.