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WILLIAM MORRIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1942 – June 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam Morris, of Arverne, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Arverne, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 93
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- CHARLES WELDON MARIKLieutenant Commander · June 25, 1966
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLIFFORD EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 92
From Arverne
- PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.