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MORRIS JAMES POWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1942 – February 7, 1966
Service recordMorris James Powell, of Pelham, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Pelham, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 14
- CHARLES EDWARD OSBORNEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JIM BRUCE ROBISONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS BETANCOURT-MOJICAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 9
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- RALPH BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 9
- RICHARD GUINN CROSSLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 10
- PRINCE CHARLES CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 10
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 10
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 11
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 11
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 11
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 11
- LEE ALLEN JAMES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 12
- FREDERICK PETER LANGERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 12
- HAROLD JOSEPH MARRIETTASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 12
- ALFRED LEWIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 13
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 13
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 13
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 14
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 14
- JIM BRUCE ROBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 14
- DUANE VIRGIL OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 15
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 15
- JOHN FRANCIS SANFORDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 15
- GEORGE JERRY SHUFELTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 15
From Pelham
- CARL LEE PALMERPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- JOE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.