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JOHN NATHANIEL MORRIS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 17, 1943 – July 15, 1966
Service recordJohn Nathaniel Morris, of Meldrim, Georgia, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Meldrim, Georgia (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 25
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCCONAHYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- JAMES MURRY REIDCorporal · July 15, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
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.