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GARY WAYNE MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Morgan, of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 8
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN TOMAS MOTASpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHYPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1968
- MARVIN RUSSELL PARKERCorporal · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BITNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 4
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 5
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- ROBERT SIDNEY ROBERSON JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 9
- HAROLD PHILLIP GRASSERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 11
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.