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PATRICK BENNETT MORRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – June 30, 1971
Service recordPatrick Bennett Morris, of Spanaway, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 95
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Spanaway, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 95
- JOHN ROBERT HOUSTONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- MARK JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · June 30, 1971
- GARY LYNN LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- STEVEN CLIFFORD ONEALSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CLIFFORD ONEALSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 95
From Spanaway
- JESSE HUGH LAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 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.