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THEODORE HARRISON JR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
May 3, 1944 – November 11, 1968
Service recordTheodore Harrison JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 49
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- May 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 49
- JERRY RAY HARDYPrivate · November 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN JACKSONSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LANE CARSTON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE MARTIN ADAMSFireman · Panel 39W, Line 46
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.