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WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – January 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Alexander Morrell, of Hayward, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 84
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PEARSONCorporal · January 13, 1969
- GLEN EVERETT ROUNTREEStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SPANGLERSergeant · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 82
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 85
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.