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KENNETH DWIGHT MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1942 – April 26, 1966
Service recordKenneth Dwight Morgan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 1
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 135
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 1
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 1
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 1
- EDWARD DANIEL REILLY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 2
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 2
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.