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THEODORE MORGAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordTheodore Morgan JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 5
- GERALD LEOPOLD LATINIWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1967
- HOMER RAY MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 3
- JOHN MARTIN KOVANDASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 4
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 4
- KENNETH HAROLD NORESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- WILLIE LEE SHEGOGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 7
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.