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THOMAS EDWARD HARRISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – June 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Harrison, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 6
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HOWARD P HOWLAND JRSecond Lieutenant · June 20, 1968
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 5
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROY LAPLANTE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 10
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 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.