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WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1945 – May 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Morse, of Glen Cove, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Glen Cove, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 12
- HERBERT LYNN MEADSCorporal · May 2, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 2
- EARNEST WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 2
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 4
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 7
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 7
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 9
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 12
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 17
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 18
- THOMAS MICHAEL WALKERCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Glen Cove
- WILLIAM KEVIN COLWELLChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- DENNIS BRIAN MURRAYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
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.