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HERSHEL EUGENE MORROW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordHershel Eugene Morrow, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 55
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JEFFREY WOODROW NORVELLLance Corporal · September 6, 1968
- JESUS OCHOASergeant · September 6, 1968
- EDWIN ALLAN PENNSergeant · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 48
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 51
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · Panel 45W, Line 52
- LARRY ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 53
- RAYNER EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- JERRY GORDON RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 56
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 57
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 57
- BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKELSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 58
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 58
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
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.