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RONALD EDWARD MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – May 29, 1969
Service recordRonald Edward Morgan, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 16
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 16
- LOUIE ZAPATA LEIJASpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- EMERSON MARTINPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- CHARLES EUGENE MCMILLIONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 14
- CURTIS RAY DANIELSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 14
- MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 18
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.