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GEORGE LEE MORNINGSTAR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 23, 1942 – March 16, 1970
Service recordGeorge Lee Morningstar, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 7
- HARRY CHARLEMONT MARTINLieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- JAMES MADISON MASTERS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.