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GARY WILLIAM MORRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – January 14, 1970
Service recordGary William Morris, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 34
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
- MARTIN SULLY SCHILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1970
- HENRY LUSCIOUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 33
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 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.