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JESSE DON MORRIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – April 1, 1969
Service recordJesse Don Morris JR, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 104
- RONALD JAMES LONGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1969
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · April 1, 1969
- WILEY BARRY MOSSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JON DALE PETERSONSergeant · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 101
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 103
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 103
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 105
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 105
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 28W, Line 105
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.