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EUGENE MORRIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – November 7, 1967
Service recordEugene Morris JR, of Pride, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 42
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Pride, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 42
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- GREGORY WALTER MCFADDENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
From Pride
- ANTHONY LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · April 29, 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.