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WILLIAM MILAM HARRISON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – February 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Milam Harrison, of Pecos, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 74
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Pecos, Texas (Reeves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 74
- MARK SIEDENTOPFSeaman · February 6, 1969
- TROY NELSON SITTONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 6, 1969
- CHARLES LEE SUTHARD JRSergeant · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 70
- WILLIAM STEPHEN OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 72
- ROBERT CHARLES OHARASergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 72
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · Panel 33W, Line 73
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 33W, Line 74
From Pecos
- JONATHON E THOMAS JRFirst Sergeant · January 23, 1967
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ERNESTO SALVADOR PEREASpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JERNIGANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
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.