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JAMES FRANCIS MORROW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1937 – October 15, 1967
Service recordJames Francis Morrow, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 10
- RONALD DEAN MARCRUMSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- EDWARD MOSLEYTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 8
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 9
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.