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ROBERT DEAN MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1949 – March 23, 1970
Service recordRobert Dean Morris, of Eldred, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 35
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
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Eldred, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 35
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 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.