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LYNN MARTIN MORGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1951 – September 16, 1971
Service recordLynn Martin Morgan, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 18
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 18
- PAUL J LUECKINGSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · September 16, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · September 16, 1971
- ELBERT ARTHUR WELSHMajor · September 16, 1971
- GARY WILLIAM BUTLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1971
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.