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WENDELL ALBERT MORRISON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 16, 1947 – January 16, 1969
Service recordWendell Albert Morrison, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 16
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- HARRY ALBERT MATTINGLY JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CRANSTON MINKSPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.