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ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Leroy Morgan JR, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH NEVELSergeant · April 18, 1969
- HOWARD ROBERT PAQUINLance Corporal · April 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVID SAVANUCKStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 108
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 1
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.