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JOHN D MORRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 28, 1942 – December 25, 1967
Service recordJohn D Morris, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 25, 1967, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- DELBERT O LEWISPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- CHARLES D MCCLURGPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- LARRY HUGH OERTELSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
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.