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BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – February 13, 1969
Service recordBedford Mark Morris JR, of Carthage, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Carthage, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 28
- MARK LEE KLINECorporal · February 13, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK MCKEONMajor · February 13, 1969
- LYNN PATTINSON NAYLORPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS PENCESpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 25
- PHILIP ROBERT FRANKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 26
- JOHN WILLIAM MENDEZSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 27
From Carthage
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · July 7, 1970
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.