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EDWARD MORRIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 17, 1929 – June 16, 1967
Service recordEdward Morris, of Stroud, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1929
- Home of record
- Stroud, Oklahoma (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 113
- CHARLES ROBERT MEARSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · June 16, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
From Stroud
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES RANDELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- GARY WAYNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · June 14, 1971
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.