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TOMMY GENE MORRIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1950 – December 13, 1970
Service recordTommy Gene Morris, of Lucerne, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Lucerne, Missouri (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 119
- JOHN TERRENCE KILESpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 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.