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ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1945 – December 26, 1972
Service recordRobert John Morris JR, of St Charles, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 26, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 24, 1945
- Home of record
- St Charles, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 105
- PAUL VERNON JACKSON IIICaptain · December 24, 1972
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
- DWIGHT GRAY RICKMANCaptain · December 25, 1972
- NUTTER JEROME WIMBROW IIIMajor · December 26, 1972
From St Charles
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
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.