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RODNEY EUGENE MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – January 5, 1971
Service recordRodney Eugene Morgan, of Simon, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 27
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
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Simon, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 27
- LARRY OWEN HARDENSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- GLENN ERROLL KELLYCorporal · January 5, 1971
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM LYNCH IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE HENRY MCKAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 28
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.