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JERREL CARL MORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – December 5, 1966
Service recordJerrel Carl Morton, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 14
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- ROYAL TINDORF KRELLSpecialist Five · December 5, 1966
- PAUL MCGAUGHEY JRSergeant · December 5, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.