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JOHN LEE MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – March 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Lee Morris, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 19
- CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 23, 1969
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
- BILL ARTHUR MOSCHETTISpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 19
- LEO BRIAN SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 21
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 23
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.