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GARY RAY MORTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – July 27, 1969
Service recordGary Ray Morton, of Winslow, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Winslow, Indiana (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 59
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 1969
- MARK LAWRENCE MCMANUSCorporal · July 27, 1969
- JAMES JACKSON MOTESCorporal · July 27, 1969
- STEVEN NAGYStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DONALD GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 56
- DAVID MAX GLASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 56
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.