HARRISON DONALD LEE
Name: MAJ Donald Lee Harrison
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 10/29/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Declared dead on 01/14/1980.
Age at death: 22.3
Date of Birth: 07/24/1946
Home City: Chamblee, GA
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 220 AVN
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 40W-053
Short Summary: Shot down over DMZ 9 KM NW of Con Thien (Hill 158) .
Aircraft: O-1G tail number 57-06027
Country: North Vietnam
MOS: *
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: fixed wing aircraft
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 05/06/1968
"Official" listing: fixed wing air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: missing in action - bonified
Length of service: *
Location: 01 Province
Military grid coordinates of event: YD060780
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995
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