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MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEAD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – February 24, 1968
Service recordMorris Alfred Whitehead, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 14
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 14
- LAURENCE JOHN HERFELLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- LEON ELDRED WATERS JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- WILLIAM L WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JIMMIE DALE WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 9
- LEON ELDRED WATERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 14
- WILLIAM L WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 14
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 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.