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EDWIN EVERTON MORGAN
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 4, 1927 – March 13, 1966
Service recordEdwin Everton Morgan, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 13, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 4
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
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 ACS
- Born
- September 4, 1927
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6E, Line 4
- RICHARD KENNETH JAMROSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · March 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 3
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · Panel 6E, Line 3
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · Panel 6E, Line 4
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · Panel 6E, Line 4
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 5
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 5
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 1969
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.