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Maj. Morris L. McDaniel had flown nearly 100 combat missions when he and Capt. William A. Lillund were sent on a bombing mission into North Vietnam. McDaniel was looking forward to returning home to his wife and three children.
McDaniel and Lillund were flying an F105F "Wild Weasel" toward a target area northwest of Hanoi. His last contact with American forces was when he made a pre-strike refueling shortly before reaching the target area. His last known location was approximately 10 miles northwest of the city of Phu Tho in Vinh Phu Province, North Vietnam.
Morris L. McDaniel, Jr. was promoted to the rank of Colonel and William A. Lillund to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained Missing in Action.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii with another memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
