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MORGAN WILLIAM WEED
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – May 11, 1970
Service recordMorgan William Weed, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 20
- DANNY JOE TAULBEESpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR VERNOSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- ROY LEE WILSONCorporal · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD DONALD OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 17
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.