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JOHN JOSEPH MORLEY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – October 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Morley JR, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 29
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- EVERETT JACOB MEESTERSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MOSS JRSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MRAZIKPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT WILSONSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 31
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
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.