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THOMAS W MORRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordThomas W Morris, of Hayward, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 61
- THOMAS HENRY KLOSTERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- STEPHEN MORLEY MACCALLUMSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MAYBERRYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- THOMAS ANDREW NORRISPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 62
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.