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FELIPE MORALES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1950 – November 30, 1970
Service recordFelipe Morales, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 November 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 100
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROGER WILBUR ANDERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 1, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.