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EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – April 3, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Morrill, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 6
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 6
- ARTHUR GENE ECKLUNDMajor · April 3, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSONSergeant · April 3, 1969
- D J KELSEYSergeant First Class · April 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KLCOSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD VENTION HACKERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 5
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 5
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 8
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.