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MARSHALL KENNETH MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – May 4, 1967
Service recordMarshall Kenneth Morris, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 39
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE BEESONSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 35
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 35
- ALEXANDER FOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.