William Allen Harper
Encyclopedia
William Allen Harper was a Texas Christian University
medical student who, after the assassination
of President
John F. Kennedy
, discovered a large piece of President Kennedy's skull bone in the grass to the left of President Kennedy and 117' forward of his location when he was first shot in the head.
After discovering the "Harper fragment" at 5:30 PM CDT on November 25, 1963, Harper gave the skull piece to his uncle, Jack C. Harper, a medical doctor at the Methodist Hospital in Dallas, who in turn gave the skull piece to A. B. Cairns, the Chief Pathologist at the same hospital. On November 25, Cairns gave the skull piece to FBI Special Agent James W. Anderton and it was then sent to the FBI Laboratory
in Washington DC. The Harper fragment is not currently locatable within the physical evidence from the assassination.
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
medical student who, after the assassination
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
of President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
, discovered a large piece of President Kennedy's skull bone in the grass to the left of President Kennedy and 117' forward of his location when he was first shot in the head.
After discovering the "Harper fragment" at 5:30 PM CDT on November 25, 1963, Harper gave the skull piece to his uncle, Jack C. Harper, a medical doctor at the Methodist Hospital in Dallas, who in turn gave the skull piece to A. B. Cairns, the Chief Pathologist at the same hospital. On November 25, Cairns gave the skull piece to FBI Special Agent James W. Anderton and it was then sent to the FBI Laboratory
FBI Laboratory
The FBI Laboratory is a division within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that provides forensic analysis support services to the FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies free of charge. The lab is currently located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico,...
in Washington DC. The Harper fragment is not currently locatable within the physical evidence from the assassination.
