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OTIS CLEVELAND MORGAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 8, 1938 – July 28, 1970
Service recordOtis Cleveland Morgan, of Candler, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Candler, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- ALAN KEITH BARTONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- JOSE MANUEL PEREZSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE TAYLORSergeant · July 28, 1970
From Candler
- DAVID ELMER MORGANPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 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.