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RICHARD MORGAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – April 7, 1971
Service recordRichard Morgan, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 111
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
- DALE ROBERT HOODPrivate First Class · April 7, 1971
- EARL HUGO KINGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
- GROVER CECIL PIERSON JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.