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RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1939 – August 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Morrissey, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 71
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 115 MAG 13
- Born
- March 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMFA 115 MAG 13”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 71
- JIMMIE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JOSEPH PATRICK MOBUSPrivate · August 19, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN MOHLERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN LLOYD MUTSCHLERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD BOHLIGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 65
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.