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PETER WHITCOMB MORRISON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 29, 1942 – June 9, 1967
Service recordPeter Whitcomb Morrison, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 79
- RICKY LYNN HERNDONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- CONRAD THOMAS LANGELance Corporal · June 9, 1967
- JAMES C MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- GUADALUPE RENDONHospitalman · June 9, 1967
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 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.