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FRANK ERNEST MOREY JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1935 – December 5, 1967
Service recordFrank Ernest Morey JR, of Brimfield, Massachusetts, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 41
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Assistant (0239)
- Born
- July 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Brimfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 41
- CHARLES DANIEL MAXSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- AUGUST HAROLD MONHOFCorporal · December 5, 1967
- PETER WILLIAM ROYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- THELMER ARTHUR RUDLONGPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
From Brimfield
- NORMAN LOCKE HOWLETT JRLance Corporal · March 30, 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.