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JAMES JOHN MORRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordJames John Morrison, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 42
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE NEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND NITO RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.