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CHARLES RODNEY MORRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1946 – July 6, 1968
Service recordCharles Rodney Morris, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 28
- ELWOOD LAYTON HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- GERONIMO LERMASpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- RONALD BRUCE LOWECorporal · July 6, 1968
- FRED EVANS MITCHELL IIICorporal · July 6, 1968
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 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.