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ALVIN GARVIE MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1946 – October 12, 1966
Service recordAlvin Garvie Morris, of Mathews, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Mathews, Virginia (Mathews County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 69
- GENE ALLEN MENEFEEStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM ROHLEDERFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE SPRINGSTEENPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
From Mathews
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.