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JAMES THURMAN MORRIS JR
Private · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJames Thurman Morris JR, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 16
- MATTHEW JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- PETER HERMAN KRUSILieutenant Commander · November 3, 1967
- EDMUND LAWRENCE PALCZEWSKICorporal · November 3, 1967
- FRANK J PAPASpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 15
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.