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DENNIS LACO MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – February 6, 1966
Service recordDennis Laco Morgan, of Auburndale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 7
- STEVEN P MOLLOHANStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 5
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · Panel 5E, Line 8
From Auburndale
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.