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SAMMY RAY MORRISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordSammy Ray Morrison, of Grover, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 91
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Grover, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 91
- JOHN KAUGARSFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1970
- ANTONIO LOUIS MORETTISpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE PRITCHARDStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MICHAEL BLUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 90
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 90
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 92
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 93
From Grover
- ROY BENJAMIN COCHRANFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1968
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.