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JAMES THOMAS MORIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 27, 1950 – October 2, 1970
Service recordJames Thomas Morin, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 107
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 107
- GERALD LEE MASEDAFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAURENCE NESOVANOVICWarrant Officer 1 · October 2, 1970
- ALFREDO SANUTSergeant First Class · October 2, 1970
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WESLEY KERRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 106
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 108
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 108
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.