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GEORGE ABRAHAM DELUCA
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1928 – August 13, 1965
Service recordGeorge Abraham Deluca, of Hammonton, New Jersey, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Drill Instructor (8511)
- Born
- February 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Hammonton, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 51
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- ROBERT HOWARD FUELLHARTCaptain · August 12, 1965
- RONALD CALVIN KRAUSFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
From Hammonton
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- GERARD VINCENT PALMACaptain · April 19, 1969
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 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.