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ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – November 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Edward Morris JR, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 37
- TERRY ALLEN HALECaptain · November 3, 1970
- PERRY CASTELLION KITCHENSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- BILLY HAMMOND PEEPLESPrivate First Class · November 3, 1970
- RAYMOND TANNERStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BILLY HAMMOND PEEPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 37
From Bridgewater
- GLENN ALFRED MENOWSKYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK BEALSSergeant First Class · February 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE KENT DOWDLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.