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MORRIS EDWARD WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1951 – February 6, 1970
Service recordMorris Edward Williams, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 110
- LAWRENCE H WILLIAMS JRSergeant · February 6, 1970
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- JAMES HINES ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 7, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRY BAIRDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 108
- GARY DAVID THATCHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 109
- RICHARD FREEMAN WALTONSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 109
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 110
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 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.