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MARK LAKE MORGAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1946 – February 28, 1966
Service recordMark Lake Morgan, of San Bruno, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 87
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 87
- RICHARD RONALD HERCHKORNSergeant · February 28, 1966
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RAYMOND EILERT MEYERSSergeant · February 28, 1966
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
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.