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CHRISTOPHER W MORGENS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – November 8, 1970
Service recordChristopher W Morgens, of Redlands, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 45
- RONALD LOUIS CLELANDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- JOEL CORONAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 44
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 45
- HUGH JOHN SHEVLINSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 46
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
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.