Background
Harrison, William Hardin was born on July 2, 1933 in Pembroke, Kentucky. Son of Benjamin Wallis Harrison and Mona Lee (Sandbach) Frisco.
Harrison, William Hardin was born on July 2, 1933 in Pembroke, Kentucky. Son of Benjamin Wallis Harrison and Mona Lee (Sandbach) Frisco.
Bachelor with distinction, William Jewell College, 1954. Graduate, Officer Candidate School, 1955. Graduate, Airborne School, 1955.
Graduate, Infantry Officer School Advanced Course, 1962. Graduate, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1968. Graduate, United States Army War College, 1974.
Master of Science, Shippensberg State College, 1974. Master of Science, Air Assault School, 1981.
Enlisted, United States Army, 1954; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1955; advanced through grades to Lieutenant general, United States Army with B Battery, 65th Field Artillery, 3d Armor division, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1954; A Company, 506th Infantry Battalion (Airborne), 101st Infantry Division (Airborne), Fort Jackson, South Carolina., 1955; student 10th Officer Candidate Company, Student Brigade, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1955; commander C Company 506th Airborne Battle Group, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1959-1961; commander Battle Group S3, 34th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, Republic of Korea, 1962-1963; aide-de-camp, Commanding General XIV Corps, Minneapolis, 1963-1965; aide-de-camp, Chief of Staff, AFSE, Naples, Italy, 1963-1969; sector, regimental adviser, special assistant to deputy senior adviser, II Corps, Vietnam, 1966-1967; staff officer J3 (NMCC), Office of the Joint chiefs of Staff, Washington, 1968-1970; commander 2d Battalion, 48th Infantry, 3d Armored Division, Federal Republic Germany, 1970-1972; assistant chief of staff, G1, 3d Armored Division, Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1973; chief training programs, Doctrine and Training Development, United States Army Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1974-1975; assistant chief of staff, G3, Army Section, Armish-MAAG, Teheran, Iran, 1975-1977; commander 4th (Phoenix) Brigade, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, 1978-1979; assistant chief of staff, G3/Director Plans and Training, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1979-1981; chief of staff, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, 1981-1982; exercise director, Eagle Strike III, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, 1982; assistant division commander (Support), 2d Infantry Division, Republic of Korea, 1983-1984; commanding general, 7th Infantry Division (Light) and Fort Ord., California, 1985-1987; commanding general, I Corps and Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1987-1989; commanding general, 6th United States Army and Presidio of San Francisco, 1989-1991; retired, 1991.
Deacon Baptist Church, 1977. Member Rotary, Sigma Nu (president 1952-1954), Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Josie Steele Patton, October 21, 1967. Children: William Patton, Charles Hardin.
