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GEORGE RAY MORRISON
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1924 – September 13, 1971
Service recordGeorge Ray Morrison, of Charleston, Illinois, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Senior Supply/Service Sergeant (76Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 14, 1924
- Home of record
- Charleston, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 15
- WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1971
- ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERTSpecialist Four · September 12, 1971
- CHARLES DOMINIC CASERIOSergeant · September 13, 1971
- ROBERT GENE FORTINWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROYSE WAYNE REHWALDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 16
From Charleston
- STANLEY ROBERT HUTCHISONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- DONNIE JOE CLOUGHPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.