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HAROLD HERBERT MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – January 31, 1967
Service recordHarold Herbert Morris, of Salem, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 101
- ERNEST THOMAS DUPONTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- RONALD KAZUO MIYAZAKIAirman First Class · January 31, 1967
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL STRAUGHNSergeant · January 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL STRAUGHNSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 101
From Salem
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- GARDNER TILLSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 9, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1971
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
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.