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JAMES MARK MORGAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1945 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJames Mark Morgan, of Concord, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Concord, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 23
- JIM DANIEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- BENTON MICHAUDCorporal · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MUNCYSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD GORDON ABELCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 13
- FRANCIS HOWARD ANDRYSIAKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 13
- ROBERT DANIEL BLEACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 14
- MURRIE LEE BLOCKERCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 14
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 15
- GORDON ALLAN CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 15
- RICHARD J SEIBERTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 15
- PAUL MARK FONESCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- THOMAS ALFRED GHELLICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- GARLAND ALEX GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 19
- CHARLES LEON HANSELMANCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 19
- JEROME WILLIAM ELLENSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- SAMUEL JAMES HELFENSTINEStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- NORRIS FELTON JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 21
- ROBERT RUSSELL LEWISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 21
- BENTON MICHAUDCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 23
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 25
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 25
From Concord
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.