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WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1951 – September 12, 1971
Service recordWalter Cornel Harrison JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 15
- ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERTSpecialist Four · September 12, 1971
- CHARLES DOMINIC CASERIOSergeant · September 13, 1971
- ROBERT GENE FORTINWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1971
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · September 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERTSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 15
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.