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MORRIS E THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – May 26, 1968
Service recordMorris E Thomas, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- ROSALIO VALENCIASergeant · May 26, 1968
- ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESENSergeant · May 26, 1968
- FREDRICK H WILLIAMS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · Panel 66W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- ROY LEE BRAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 4
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 5
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 1
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · Panel 65W, Line 2
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.