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LEONARD MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordLeonard Morgan, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 125
- GARY DEAN HULTSCaptain · May 31, 1970
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- STEVEN RAY LOWEPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 127
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.