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ROGER WAYNE MORGAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1949 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRoger Wayne Morgan, of West Frankfort, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- West Frankfort, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 18
- JOHN CHARLES MATTHEISENSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER DALE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 12
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 26
From West Frankfort
- JUNIOR RAY MORGANLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- PHILIP GENE OVERTURFPrivate · April 20, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- JOHN LARRY LAVISHCaptain · August 1, 1967
- RONALD DEAN ROGERSLance Corporal · August 31, 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.