Edwin Everton Morgan

Vietnam War
Unit4th Air Commando Squadron
RankCommand Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSalisbury North Carolina
Date of DeathMarch 13 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Command Master Sergeant Morgan was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron, Danang Air Base, South Vietnam. On March 13, 1966, he was the loadmaster of a Chinook Spooky Attack Aircraft Gunship I (AC-47D) on a night armed reconnaissance of Route 92 running through the dense jungle covered mountains of Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Radio contact was lost. He was initially listed as missing in action. CMSGT Morgan's remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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