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GEORGE ROBERT MORGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – March 7, 1971
Service recordGeorge Robert Morgan, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 31
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · March 7, 1971
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · March 7, 1971
- DAVID JESUS NARANJOCorporal · March 7, 1971
- HYRUM BARRY PORTChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 30
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 31
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.