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MORRIS GENE MCPHAIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – December 20, 1967
Service recordMorris Gene McPhail, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 32
- RICHARD FREDERICK GITTINGERTechnical Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH PAYNEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 30
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 32
- BARRY ALLAN THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 33
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.