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MORGAN THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1950 – March 15, 1969
Service recordMorgan Thompson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 50
- WILLIAM JACKSONPrivate · March 15, 1969
- MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZOSergeant First Class · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD BARNESCaptain · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 43
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.