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WILLIAM J MORGAN
Major · U.S. Army
February 11, 1938 – February 25, 1972
Service recordWilliam J Morgan, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 111
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1972; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 111
- DAVID NEAL JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- RONALD JOHN MANCACorporal · February 25, 1972
- ALBERT WARD SMARR JRColonel · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT WARD SMARR JRColonel · Panel 2W, Line 111
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.