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DAVID ROBERT MORGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1944 – March 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Robert Morgan, of Altadena, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 71
- RICHARD LYNN ADCOCKCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEARDSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN BENEDICTPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- JEWELL C BLANKENSHIPSergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 65
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Altadena
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKISpecialist Four · September 28, 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.