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LEON LOPEZ MORRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – July 24, 1969
Service recordLeon Lopez Morris, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 40
- ELI WHITNEY KNIGHTON JRSergeant · July 24, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN LENTOSergeant · July 24, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY LOONEYLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH MORKACorporal · July 24, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.