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JAMES ANTON MORRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – September 12, 1967
Service recordJames Anton Morrison, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 61
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- FRANK ELLIOT LYONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT KENT MATTSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EFRAIN JULIO ROBLEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 63
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.