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EUGENE JOSEPH MORSE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1937 – October 10, 1969
Service recordEugene Joseph Morse, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 63
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 63
- NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYECorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · October 10, 1969
- CALVIN WALTER MAXWELLMajor · October 10, 1969
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.