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JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Louis Morgan JR, of Pacoima, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 51
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 51
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- STEVEN LEE MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · April 10, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DALE EVANSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 52
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 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.