Harry Todd Harrison

Harry Todd Harrison was born December 13, 1946 and raised in Madrid before joining the Army in September of 1965. He was sent to Vietnam in July of 1968 and was stationed in the Mekong River delta area. He was assigned to Battery B, 6th Battalion, 77th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division and worked as a Forward Observer with the 5th Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger Battalion at the time of his death. On March 3, 1969, 1LT Harrison was ordered to deliver pay checks to troops in the field when the helicopter he was aboard became caught in telephone wires, burned and crashed at Ving Long Airfield, South Vietnam. Seven Americans were killed in the take-off accident. 1LT Harrison’s remains were laid to rest at the Ames Municipal Cemetery.