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CARL EUGENE MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1951 – August 3, 1969
Service recordCarl Eugene Morgan, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 93
- TERRENCE M MCDERMOTTFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1969
- DENNIS RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- GEORGE CRAIG SCHOETTNERSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
- PHILLIP CHARLES SMITHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 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.