THE WALL OF FACES

SGT Kelly S. Morris was an Electronic Devices Repairman serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 10th Transportation Battalion, 124th Transportation Command, Army Support Command Cam Ranh Bay, 1st Logistical Command, U.S. Army Republic of Vietnam. Before joining the 10th Transportation Command, Morris served a tour with the 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division where he was decorated with a Bronze Star for valor. A little before 11:00 PM on July 26, 1969, Morris was found convulsing on the floor in his unit’s enlisted men’s billets at Cam Ranh Army Airfield in Khanh Hoa Province, RVN. While enroute by ambulance to a medical facility his heart stopped, and he expired. Postmortem studies found Morris died from cardiac arrest due to aspiration of stomach contents brought on by an unidentified intoxicant. He was 20 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

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Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. You were born one day before me and died at 20 years of age. I am 74 and have lived a long and fulfilling life. It is tragic you never had that same opportunity. May you rest in eternal peace.

Taken from the Times-Standard (Eureka, CA), August 5, 1969, courtesy of Humboldt County Library.

Dear Sgt Kelly Morris, Thank you for your service as an Electronic Devices Repairman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is 2nd Week of Advent, and this week means peace. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.