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WAYNE D MORGAN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 17, 1920 – December 21, 1969
Service recordWayne D Morgan, of Delta, Utah, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 17, 1920
- Home of record
- Delta, Utah (Millard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 79
- THOMAS MONROE MAYSSergeant First Class · December 21, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE MEADORPrivate · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LYNN RECKPetty Officer Second Class · December 21, 1969
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
From Delta
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · December 26, 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.