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GEORGE ALBERT KURTYKA
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1924 – January 17, 1969
Service recordGeorge Albert Kurtyka, of Derby, Connecticut, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 17, 1969, in Laos, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1924
- Home of record
- Derby, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 27
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADYPetty Officer First Class · January 17, 1969
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 17, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL MONTEMAYORPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
From Derby
- NORMAN EDWARD DAWSON JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- RONALD J SHEEHYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · January 10, 1968
- ALDO ANTHONY DORIAPrivate · September 9, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HEALEY JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CARINCILance Corporal · August 25, 1970
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.