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MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1944 – August 21, 1969
Service recordMajor Boone Morgan JR, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 88
- WILLIAM DAVIS MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM MIRANDACorporal · August 21, 1969
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 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.