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DENNIS RICHARD MORRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordDennis Richard Morrell, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 124
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 117
- FRANTZ MARIO BARONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- THOMAS DUANE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- RAYMUNDO F DEHERRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 120
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 121
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 122
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 123
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 124
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FREDDIE DAVID JONES SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.