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JAMES PIERPONT MORGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1940 – March 11, 1966
Service recordJames Pierpont Morgan, of Saluda, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 6E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Saluda, North Carolina (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 1
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.