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ARTHUR EUGENE MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – September 5, 1969
Service recordArthur Eugene Morgan, of Wise, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Wise, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 41
- MICHAEL LEWIS LITSEYCorporal · September 5, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- LEE EDWARD MONTAGSpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 36
- CHARLES RICHARD GEIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 37
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 42
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
- ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Wise
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- MARVIN LEON WYATTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.