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GENE FRANCIS MORRISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1939 – June 3, 1968
Service recordGene Francis Morrison, of Versailles, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (2336)
- Born
- May 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Versailles, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 3
- GEROLD JEROME MCADAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- MARVIN WINSTON MURRAYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
From Versailles
- GERALD FRANCIS SUBLERLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.