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WALTER JOSEPH MORRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1944 – May 2, 1969
Service recordWalter Joseph Morris, of De Motte, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 101
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1944
- Home of record
- De Motte, Indiana (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 101
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN OSBORNEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- CHARLES WINFRED POOL JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
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.