John W. Morris

{{short description|United States Army general}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = John Woodland Morris II

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1921|9|10}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|2013|8|20|1921|9|10|mf=yes}}

|image = LTG John W. Morris.jpg

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|birth_place = Princess Anne, Maryland

|death_place = Wilmington, North Carolina

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

|serviceyears = 1943–1980

|rank = 45px Lieutenant General

|unit =

|commands = Chief of Engineers (1976–1980)

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|awards = Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (3 OLC)
Silver Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal

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John W. Morris (September 10, 1921 – August 20, 2013) was an American lieutenant general who became Chief of Engineers.

Morris was born in Princess Anne, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1943 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. During World War II he commanded an airfield construction company in the Western Pacific. After the war he served in the Philippines and Japan, in the Corps' Savannah District, and as area engineer at Goose Bay, Labrador.

In 1960–62 he commanded the divisional 8th Engineer Battalion in Korea. Morris headed the Corps' Tulsa District in 1962–65 as it improved navigation on the Arkansas River. During the peak years of the Vietnam War, he was the Army's Deputy Chief of Legislative Liaison (1967–69), and he commanded the 18th Engineer Brigade in Vietnam (1969–70). He was then Missouri River Division Engineer for two years, the Corps' Director of Civil Works for three years, and Deputy Chief of Engineers in 1975–76. As Chief of Engineers, Morris convinced the Army to include the Corps of Engineers among its major commands. Morris obtained a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa. He died in 2013, aged 91.{{cite news|title=JOHN W. MORRIS II|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=166592386|accessdate=30 October 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=25 August 2013}}