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MICHAEL EUGENE MORRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Morris, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.