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SAMUEL FLOYD MORGAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 5, 1942 – August 27, 1968
Service recordSamuel Floyd Morgan, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 46
- HENRY LUKE WARNER IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN WASHBURNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- BOB BARBERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTIAN NAUCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 43
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.