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JOSEPH WALTER MORRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1946 – March 14, 1967
Service recordJoseph Walter Morrison, of Festus, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 81
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 81
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 81
From Festus
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.