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DAVID EUGENE MORTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – August 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Eugene Morton, of Cedarville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 52
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Cedarville, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 52
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MAHER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1968
- AL DEWITT MEMORYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES HEWETT MILLNERPrivate · August 2, 1968
From Cedarville
- WILLIAM BRENT TURNERPrivate First Class · April 7, 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.