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MATTHEW EDWARD MORTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1950 – March 8, 1969
Service recordMatthew Edward Morton JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 79
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 79
- KENNETH EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JOHN LARRY MOTLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NORMANPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY POLLOCKSergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 72
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 75
- RANDALL LLOYD HARVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 75
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 76
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 76
- JOHN LARRY MOTLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 79
- JAMES MICHAEL NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 79
- ROGER WAYNE SMELSERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- DAVID EDWARD THEOBALDPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 82
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 82
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.