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JEFFREY LYNN MORRIS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1947 – October 21, 1967
Service recordJeffrey Lynn Morris, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL KUSYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- PETER JAMES PAELESergeant · October 21, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.