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FRED WILLIAM MORRILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – May 15, 1968
Service recordFred William Morrill, of Limerick, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 26
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Limerick, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 26
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- MARCO FRANCISCO MUELLERLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- CARL THOMAS MURDOCKLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES MURPHYCorporal · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 17
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 19
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 21
- RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADACorporal · Panel 60E, Line 22
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 4
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
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.