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MERLE BRUCE MORROW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1947 – November 27, 1967
Service recordMerle Bruce Morrow, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 98
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM WALLACE MCGREW IIISergeant · November 27, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
From West Columbia
- WILLIAM EDWARD TEERLance Corporal · September 13, 1966
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
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.