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LYLE WAYNE MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – January 26, 1968
Service recordLyle Wayne Morris, of Ferndale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 551 ENG CO 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Ferndale, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 41
- FRANCIS GERALD CORCORAN JRMaster Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- WILLIE RICHARD CAULTONLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- MAXIE LANE PRICESergeant · January 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- PETER LENHART SILLERSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
From Ferndale
- HOWARD M GIFFORDStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1968
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · May 16, 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.