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DONALD THOMAS MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Thomas Morgan, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 30
- DAVID LE ROY FARRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ MONTANEZPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES CARTER NELSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MICHEAL GRALLAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- DANIEL VARELAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 35
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.