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RAYMOND LESTER MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordRaymond Lester Morris, of Haslett, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Haslett, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 29
- STEVEN LOUIS MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1969
- LESLIE T MCMACKEN JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- STEVEN CRAIG OWENSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
From Haslett
- WILLIAM CHARLES WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · September 21, 1967
- JOHN HARLAND FARLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- STEVE SPENCER DENIKESpecialist Four · December 30, 1970
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.