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THOMAS NORMAN HARRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1944 – June 22, 1966
Service recordThomas Norman Harrison, of Metamora, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Metamora, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 75
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · June 22, 1966
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 74
From Metamora
- RICHARD WILLIAM SALMONDCaptain · November 15, 1970
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.