The Wall › Panel 53W › California › Donald Warren Morris
DONALD WARREN MORRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1949 – July 6, 1968
Service recordDonald Warren Morris, of Taft, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 29
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 ENG CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 29
- ARTHUR BRENT MULLINSLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT NAWROSKYCaptain · July 6, 1968
- BRANDT STEELE NEUBACHERSergeant · July 6, 1968
- ALLEN PASCOMajor · July 6, 1968
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
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.