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EDWARD MORRISON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – December 24, 1969
Service recordEdward Morrison JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 91
- PATRICK ROBERT MARTINAirman First Class · December 24, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD MITCHELLLance Corporal · December 24, 1969
- TERRY CURTIS NEWKIRKSergeant · December 24, 1969
- DAVID RAMPPrivate First Class · December 24, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.