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WILLIAM S MORGAN II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – November 7, 1966
Service recordWilliam S Morgan II, of Farmingdale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmingdale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- JAMES HERVEY SHANNON JRSergeant Major · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT GRANT WILSONCorporal · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST LEE CARTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 36
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 40
From Farmingdale
- DONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH DALYSpecialist Five · September 17, 1970
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.