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DAVID MICHAEL MORRIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – November 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Morris, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 67
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 67
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 1968
- WAYNE MORRIS HORNEPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- ROBERT TAYLOR JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 66
- JERRY DWAIN HILLCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 66
- DONALD ARTHUR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 68
From Tewksbury
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
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.