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THOMAS J MORRISSEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1948 – June 5, 1968
Service recordThomas J Morrissey JR, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 20
- TRUMAN JOSEPH MCMANUSLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- TONY VALDEZ NASTORCorporal · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
From Dover
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.