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HARRY MADISON MORSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1946 – January 28, 1966
Service recordHarry Madison Morse, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 104
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- NATHANIEL SIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 103
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- NATHANIEL SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.