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DOUGLAS GEORGE MORTON
Fireman · U.S. Navy
January 15, 1948 – April 4, 1968
Service recordDouglas George Morton, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 4, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 7
- BRIAN VICTOR LINDBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- CHARLES CLAUDE MILLERLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JOE MICHAEL MORANWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.