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MORRIS ELTON CASH
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
March 28, 1928 – April 23, 1968
Service recordMorris Elton Cash, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 36
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- DAVID MIKE BRANCIOSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 36
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 36
- HARRY LEE SOWELL JRCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.