
Angelo Morales
Sgt, USMC

Angelo was the fourth and final member of the Class of ’67 to be lost in Vietnam. Angelo was one of the few who had more than a years' service before being sent to Vietnam. Angelo was in-country less than two months before his loss.
The unit logs and reports concerning the time that Angelo was serving indicates that mines and booby-traps were plaguing the battalion and accounted for most of the casualties during the month of March. The battalion log indicated that at 1540 hours a member of H3 (3rd platoon, Hotel Company) had set off a booby-trap resulting in one KIA.
Personal Data
Home of Record: San Jose, CA
Date of Birth: 10/27/1949
Military Data
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Grade at Loss: E5
Rank: Sergeant
MOS or Specialty: 0331: Machine Gunner
Length Service: Two years
Unit: 3rd PLT, H CO, 2nd BN, 5th Marines, 1st MARDIV, III MAF
Casualty Data
Start Tour: 02/02/1970
Incident Date: 03/26/1970
Casualty Date: 03/26/1970
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body Recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Other explosive device
On the Wall: Panel W12 Line 46