Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: 409th Radio Research Unit, 303rd Rr Bn, 509th Asa Grp, Army Sec Agency
MOS: 76Y – Unit Supply Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 7-Dec-1948
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 7-Feb-1967
Start of tour: 7-Aug-1968
Incident date: 21-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 21-Jun-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Harry Joseph Colon was killed by sniper fire from a hostile force while a passenger in a military vehicle on a military mission. / Passenger on 1/4 ton truck enroute to base camp on admin mission. Vehicle came under hostile sniper fire.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 325 097
Place of interment: Saint Raymond‘s Cemetery New, Bronx, New York, USA
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