William Milam Harrison was the second child of Mary Knight Harrison and Byrl E. Harrison. He was a 1962 graduate of Pecos High School. He attended Sul Ross State University in Alpine for two years. He married Brenda Dozier of Pecos. He entered the U.S. Army in 1965, completed basic training at Fort Hood, Texas and was trained as a radar technician in the Air Defense Artillery branch. He was stationed in Germany when he decided to volunteer to train as a helicopter pilot. He then entered the Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Flight Program at Fort Wolters, Texas. After the primary phase, he completed flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He was commissioned a Warrant Officer One in January 1968, recieved his aviator wings and he began his tour in Vietnam on March 2, 1968. On February 6, 1969, twenty four days before the completion of his tour and shortly after being promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Two, he volunteered to be a part of a combat assault with Korean units near Phan Rang. He was the pilot of a UH-1H helicopter, tail number 66-16326. The mission involved ferrying Korean troops into a hot landing zone. At the landing zone, the VC were entrenched in spider holes and were waiting for the incoming aircraft. The lead ship was hit by ground fire and crashed into the LZ. The Huey, piloted by CW2 Harrison, landed in the LZ and was offloading the Korean troops when the left front side was hit by a B-40 rocket. CW2 Harrison was killed by shrapnel from the rocket.
William Milam Harrison was the second child of Mary Knight Harrison and Byrl E. Harrison. He was a 1962 graduate of Pecos High School. He attended Sul Ross State University in Alpine for two years. He married Brenda Dozier of Pecos. He entered the U.S. Army in 1965, completed basic training at Fort Hood, Texas and was trained as a radar technician in the Air Defense Artillery branch. He was stationed in Germany when he decided to volunteer to train as a helicopter pilot. He then entered the Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Flight Program at Fort Wolters, Texas. After the primary phase, he completed flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He was commissioned a Warrant Officer One in January 1968, recieved his aviator wings and he began his tour in Vietnam on March 2, 1968. On February 6, 1969, twenty four days before the completion of his tour and shortly after being promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Two, he volunteered to be a part of a combat assault with Korean units near Phan Rang. He was the pilot of a UH-1H helicopter, tail number 66-16326. The mission involved ferrying Korean troops into a hot landing zone. At the landing zone, the VC were entrenched in spider holes and were waiting for the incoming aircraft. The lead ship was hit by ground fire and crashed into the LZ. The Huey, piloted by CW2 Harrison, landed in the LZ and was offloading the Korean troops when the left front side was hit by a B-40 rocket. CW2 Harrison was killed by shrapnel from the rocket.
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