The Wall › Panel 55W › Massachusetts › Thomas Richard Morris
THOMAS RICHARD MORRIS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 6, 1942 – June 25, 1968
Service recordThomas Richard Morris, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 36
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN MANCUSOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · June 25, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- HENRY LINDSAY PAGE IIISpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.