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MORRIS LAFOND FLEMING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMorris Lafond Fleming, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 11
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GARTLANDLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.