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JAMES RALPH MORROW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – September 9, 1969
Service recordJames Ralph Morrow, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 62
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- 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
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 62
- ANTHONY LEROY JENKINSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1969
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · September 9, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD METZGERLance Corporal · September 9, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR PAUL CASSMEYER JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 60
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 62
- DONALD EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 62
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
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.