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WILLIAM LESLIE MORGAN
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 25, 1947 – January 24, 1971
Service recordWilliam Leslie Morgan, of Manteca, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 24, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 63
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Manteca, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 63
- RONALD JAMES REVISCorporal · January 23, 1971
- JAMES LEON COLWYESpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE LINDSAYFirst Lieutenant · January 24, 1971
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
From Manteca
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JAMES EARL LOWRYLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
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.