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WILLIAM HOWARD MORTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 2, 1942 – May 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Howard Morton, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- April 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 14
- GLENN DEWAYNE MCCUBBINMajor · May 19, 1968
- HAROLD MOORECorporal · May 19, 1968
- JAMES MUIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.