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WAYMAN DEWEY MORRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1949 – May 31, 1968
Service recordWayman Dewey Morris, of War, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- War, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 14
- WINSTON MCELRATH JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JEFF MULKEYCorporal · May 31, 1968
From War
- EARL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- VARISE HELTON CRABTREE JRSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.