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MORRIS POWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordMorris Powell, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 12
- MICHAEL ALLAN POWELLSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE REEDCaptain · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- LEVI RAY REYNOLDSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANCIS HARPERSpecialist Five · Panel 53W, Line 10
- LEVI RAY REYNOLDSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 53W, Line 12
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.