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WALTER WILLIAM MORGAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1946 – October 4, 1967
Service recordWalter William Morgan, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 49
- LAWRENCE GALLEGOFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUNDMajor · October 4, 1967
- MORRIS LAROSCO MCDANIEL JRColonel · October 4, 1967
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
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.