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ROBERT WEST MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – August 30, 1967
Service recordRobert West Morgan, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 70
- CHARLES LOUIS MAGLIAROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- JACK IVAN MAGUIREFirst Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- REGINALD ALLAN MUNDYFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 68
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 69
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.