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ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1929 – April 3, 1966
Service recordArthur Cyrus Morris JR, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1929
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 81
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- CASIMIRO PALACIOSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- JOSEPH W PARENTCaptain · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 79
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 80
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 81
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 82
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.