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JOHN D MORGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1929 – June 30, 1966
Service recordJohn D Morgan, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 112
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL LONGSergeant · June 30, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY DEE BAILEYSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 110
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 111
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 111
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- DONALD RUSSELL LONGSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 112
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 112
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 113
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 113
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 113
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 113
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 114
- HARRY JAMES YOSTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
From Hackensack
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JOHN COYLESpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 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.