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EDWARD EARL MORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1941 – March 28, 1967
Service recordEdward Earl Morton, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Social Work Specialist (91H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 62
- ANTHONY HAWKINSLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- DANIEL REX LAIRDCorporal · March 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.