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BOYD ELLIS MORROW
Major · U.S. Army
August 8, 1933 – October 13, 1967
Service recordBoyd Ellis Morrow, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 102
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Forty Fort, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 102
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JULIUS MILLERSeaman Apprentice · October 13, 1967
- BRUCE ARMAND PAQUETTESpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- WAYNE RICHARD POLLARDLance Corporal · October 13, 1967
From Forty Fort
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD LYNCHSergeant · June 15, 1969
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.