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ROBERT L MORRIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRobert L Morris, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 26
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- TOMMIE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- WAYNE JOSEPH STOKESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · December 2, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.