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ROBERT DAVID MORRISSEY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 24, 1930 – November 7, 1972
Service recordRobert David Morrissey, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 7, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Staff Officer, Navigator-Observer (1516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6280 COS GP
- Born
- April 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 7, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1972. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “6280 COS GP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
Also on Panel 1W, Line 90
- ROBERT MACK BROWNLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- JOHN LEONARD CARROLLMajor · November 7, 1972
- RONNIE NEAL TOPPSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1972
- FREDERICK W WRIGHT IIICommander · November 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MACK BROWNLieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 90
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.