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CLARENCE LUTHER MORRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – May 22, 1967
Service recordClarence Luther Morris, of Spencer, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 85
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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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Spencer, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20E, Line 85
- WALTER ZAMPIER MOORE JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 81
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 82
- HAROLD ANDREW FORDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 83
- ANTONIO GUERRA GARZA JRPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 83
- WALLACE STANLEY DWORACZYKSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 84
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 84
- MICHAEL WAYNE RAMSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
- TERRY GORDON STRAUBSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 87
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.