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NEIL JAY MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – October 15, 1968
Service recordNeil Jay Morris, of Greenfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Ohio (Highland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 64
- HAROLD WARREN BUTTZPrivate · October 15, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- EARNEST LON LOWESergeant First Class · October 15, 1968
- STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUECorporal · October 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 65
- DALE LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 67
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.