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JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Dennis Morrissey, of Aberdeen, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN CHARLES LUDBANSeaman · June 30, 1969
- STEWART WILLIAM OBERLESergeant · June 30, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 36
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 37
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Aberdeen
- CHARLES NIVEN RUDDLance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · May 15, 1968
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 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.