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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Allen Morgan.

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DAVID ALLEN MORGAN

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 7, 1936 – September 23, 1965

Service record

David Allen Morgan, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 93

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Redstone Electronic Mechanic (21B)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
November 7, 1936
Home of record
Salem, Oregon (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 23, 1965
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 93

From Salem

All 34 names from Salem →

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.