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HOOVER MORRIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1927 – November 12, 1965
Service recordHoover Morris, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1927
- Home of record
- Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 45
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 48
From Lufkin
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
- CLENZELL MORRISPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WESLEY EUGENE HODGESCorporal · February 23, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE RICKSSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.