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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Darrell H Morey.

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DARRELL H MOREY

Corporal · U.S. Army

July 14, 1943 – November 28, 1967

Service record

Darrell H Morey, of Ravenna, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 30E · Line 102

Position of Panel 30E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
July 14, 1943
Home of record
Ravenna, Michigan (Muskegon County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 28, 1967
Age
24
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 30E, Line 102

Same unit, same day

From Ravenna

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.