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JAMES ALBERT MORRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordJames Albert Morrison, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 70
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 70
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DWIGHT ORDWAYSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- RONALD L ROEHRICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN SOLARISergeant · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HAL DERENBURGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 67
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 71
- THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 72
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 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.