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JAMES LOGAN MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1943 – August 14, 1966
Service recordJames Logan Morris, of Ellijay, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Ellijay, Georgia (Gilmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 5
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE HADDENFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM HANEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD OXFORD JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 3
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 3
- EDWARD JOSEPH DALTON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 4
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
From Ellijay
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
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.