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EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – November 5, 1967
Service recordEmmitt Roosevelt George, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 24
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- GEORGE R W K GREENWOODStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- WILLIE J HOLLANDStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ELROY BALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 23
- CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTONCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 25
From Hartsville
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · March 21, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1971
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.