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JERRY MORGAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – April 21, 1969
Service recordJerry Morgan JR, of Long Branch, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Branch, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 20
- KENNETH CLIFFORD JENKINSSeaman · April 21, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- STEFAN MALKUTPrivate · April 21, 1969
- RALPH RICHARD OCHOAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
From Long Branch
- DEL RAY JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- JOSE GENE ABARASergeant · February 7, 1968
- MALCOLM JONATHAN GRIMPrivate · January 23, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
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.