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JIMMY TONY MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1950 – August 26, 1969
Service recordJimmy Tony Morris, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 120
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 120
- GUY MARCEL INKELSergeant · August 26, 1969
- VERLON DONALD KING JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
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.