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JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1945 – December 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Franklin Morrison JR, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia (Winchester (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 4
- JEROME JAMES MACDONALDSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- ROGELIO MANUEL MARTINEZCorporal · December 30, 1967
- JAMES LEE MCILVOYSergeant · December 30, 1967
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN STROSHANESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 1
- TERRY WAYNE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 3
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 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.