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Oakford Clh;linServices SetFuneral services for Pfc, Robert -I. Morris who was killed in action in Veil Nam on July 3 will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. from the William W. Dunn Funeral Home, 378 S. Bellevue Ave., Langhornc.Rev. Howard Reeves, pastor of the Scoltsville Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the William Penn Cemetery, Somerton.Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow evening from 7 to 9.Morris, who was 19 years old, was the only son of Robert and Emily Wcstort Morris of 4131 Mulberry Ave., Oakford, The cider Morris is a brake operator at ITT Nesbitt Co. in Philadelphia and is a member of the Ben sale m VFW post. Airs. Morris is employed al Eastern Slate School and Hospital in Ticvosc.Moved In 1959Formerly of Northampton, Mass.. the Morris family moved to Oakford in 1959.Having allended Bensalcm Township High School, Morris enlisted m the service in February 1905 and look oasie training al IT. Jackson. S.C. He was subsequently stationed m Georgia and Ft. Bragg, N.C.Until Ins arrival in Viet Nam lie had been a paratrooper and while in Turkey earned his para-trooper wings and marksman badge.After a three - week leave which he spent at home, he spcnl a short lime in Oakford, Calif, and towards the end of May he shipped out for Viet Nam with the rest of his unit.While in Viei Nam he was reassigned lo I he 25th Infantry. He was killed near Cu Chi, 20 milesnorlhwesl nf Saieon.
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Bristol Bucks County Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jul 12, 1966
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