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ROBERT DAVIS MORRIS
Private · U.S. Army
April 9, 1944 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Davis Morris, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 12
- MICHAEL CONRAD LARSENCorporal · July 19, 1968
- CECIL LEROY MATTHEW JRSergeant · July 19, 1968
- GERALD PHILLIP OGLESBYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 10
- JOSE ANTO RIVERA-BERMUDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 13
- RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKISergeant · Panel 51W, Line 14
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.