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JAMES HENRY MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1946 – September 25, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Morgan, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 13
- HERBERT POK DONG CHOStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMERSergeant · September 25, 1968
- NORMAN MACLEOD PAULSENFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS KNUTE BLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 10
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 10
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.