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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 Edward Arnold Morrison.

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EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISON

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 23, 1948 – December 22, 1968

Service record

Edward Arnold Morrison, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 36W · Line 65

Position of Panel 36W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
25 INF DIV
Born
April 23, 1948
Home of record
Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 22, 1968
Age
20
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 36W, Line 65

Same unit, same day

From Kenosha

All 30 names from Kenosha →

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.