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GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 16, 1946 – January 27, 1973
Service recordGeorge William Morris JR, of Alhambra, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 27, 1973, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 112
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TAC AIR SPT SQ
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 27, 1973
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1973; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “23 TAC AIR SPT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 112
- ROBERT LEE FRAKESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1973
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
- HARLEY HUBERT HALLCaptain · January 27, 1973
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALLAN PETERSONCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 113
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
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.