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CHARLES VERNON MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – May 2, 1972
Service recordCharles Vernon Morgan, of Warsaw, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 11
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Warsaw, Kentucky (Gallatin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1972; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 11
- KENNETH RAY BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1972
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
- WILLIAM CLIFTON JESSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1972
- JOHN JOSEPH PETRILLA JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLIFTON JESSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 11
- JOHN JOSEPH PETRILLA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 11
- DALE KYETTE PORTERFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 12
From Warsaw
- JAMES ALBERT SMITHStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1965
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.