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JACK ALLEN MORRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJack Allen Morrison, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 9
- JOHN LEE MCELROYMajor · May 12, 1968
- STEPHEN CRAIG MORELANDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY NUBERLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ROBERT BRUCE COHENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- GERALD WAYNE COX JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 3
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- STEVEN ANDREW JARRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 5
- MICHAEL BRUCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 5
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 6
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ROGERSCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 12
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.