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WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1938 – September 24, 1968
Service recordWillard Franklin Morelock, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 6
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- JERRY MCCONNELLPrivate · September 24, 1968
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN NIEZGODASergeant · September 24, 1968
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.