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WILLIAM JOHN MORRISON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Morrison, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Middleboro, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 2
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · November 1, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MILLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- DONALD HENRY OUILLETTECorporal · November 1, 1968
From Middleboro
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- GERALD BRIAN DORRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · January 19, 1969
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
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.