John D. Morris

Vietnam War
Unit1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromWaukesha Wisconsin
Date of DeathDecember 25 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes

Staff Sergeant Morris was a member of the 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron, 7th Air Force. In 1967, he volunteered for a sensitive assignment named Project Heavy Green. He was placed on temporary duty with Lockheed Aircraft to establish a secret radar site, called Lima Site 85, located on a mountain called Phou Pha Thi near the town of Sam Neua, Laos. He was assisted by 19 other airmen. They spent three months gathering valuable information. On December 25, 1967 he was killed by enemy fire. His remains were later recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.