Morris Waller

Chief Master Sgt. Morris Waller, 22, of Hayti, Mo., died Feb. 3, 1966, in the Quang Tri Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

He was born Feb. 9, 1943, in Newport, Ark.

Waller was a 1962 graduate of Hayti High School. He was a member of Hayti First Baptist Church.

He joined the U.S. Air Force June 20, 1962, and left for Vietnam Sept. 17, 1965. He was assigned to the 311th Air Command Squadron stationed at Da Nang Air Base, Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Waller was the crew chief on an Air Force C-123 Fairchild Provider making a supply mission flying out of Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, en route to Dong Ha, Republic of Vietnam, when his plane went down Feb. 3, 1966.

When the aircraft did not arrive at Dong Ha he was listed as missing in action on that date and carried at that status until Jan. 9, 1978, when he was listed as killed in action. The remains of the crew were located at Quang Tri Province in 2003, and Waller was positively identified in June 2004.

Survivors include his parents, Delphine and Bill Nance of Portageville, Mo.; a sister, Diane Buescher of Jackson; two brothers, Billy Nance Jr. of New Madrid, Mo., and Gary Nance of Davison, Mich.

Friends may call at John W. German Funeral Home in Hayti from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Graveside service with full military rites will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.