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JOE HAROLD MORRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1943 – October 7, 1970
Service recordJoe Harold Morrison, of Richmond, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 118
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD SILVERNAILStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM BEEBECaptain · October 8, 1970
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 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.