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GREGORY SCOTT MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – March 15, 1971
Service recordGregory Scott Morgan, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- CHARLIE LOUIS LANIERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID MINERColonel · March 15, 1971
- PHILLIP DEAN MONSONSergeant · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JAMES GEORGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 49
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 51
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.