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DENNIS EDWARD MORGAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 20, 1944 – April 29, 1971
Service recordDennis Edward Morgan, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 29, 1971, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 18
- WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1971
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · April 29, 1971
- ALBERT MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.