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DAVID WHITTIER MORRILL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1930 – March 18, 1967
Service recordDavid Whittier Morrill, of San Carlos, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf (7302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 314 MAG 13 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- November 3, 1930
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 106
- MICHAEL E MCNEALCorporal · March 18, 1967
- JUAN VELASCO MINA JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1967
- GEORGE MORGANCorporal · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · March 18, 1967
From San Carlos
- PRESTON JOHN SNYDERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 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.