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GEORGE AGUIRRE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1943 – March 17, 1967
Service recordGeorge Aguirre, of Fountain Valley, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 99
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Fountain Valley, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 99
- ANDREW ALBERT ALDERMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 17, 1967
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARISICPrivate · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALECaptain · March 17, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
From Fountain Valley
- LAWRENCE ARTHUR BROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- BYRON RANDALL DUHELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.