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BRUCE MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1951 – August 19, 1971
Service recordBruce Morgan, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 134
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 134
- MELVIN LEE WEAKSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JEROME ALBERT BROWDER JRSergeant First Class · August 19, 1971
- DANIEL EUGENE GOODINSpecialist Four · August 19, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE BRANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 133
- DANIEL EUGENE GOODINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 134
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.