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JUNIOR RAY MORGAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1946 – January 14, 1967
Service recordJunior Ray Morgan, of West Frankfort, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- West Frankfort, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 28
- ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1967
- HARRY LEWIS MARIONSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL MCPHERSONSpecialist Five · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
From West Frankfort
- PHILIP GENE OVERTURFPrivate · April 20, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- JOHN LARRY LAVISHCaptain · August 1, 1967
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · April 30, 1968
- RONALD DEAN ROGERSLance Corporal · August 31, 1969
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.