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MORRIS A MALLARD JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1933 – August 7, 1968
Service recordMorris A Mallard JR, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 24
- STANLEY R BUSTAMANTE JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES KEEFERCorporal · August 7, 1968
- DONALD HENRY MABRYCaptain · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT DENEEN MCLELLANSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
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.