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LARRY GENE MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordLarry Gene Morgan, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 1
- STEVE LAIL MARTINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN MATHEISCorporal · May 8, 1970
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 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.