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GEORGE ALLEN WALDRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – October 3, 1966
Service recordGeorge Allen Waldron, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 40
- JOHN MICHAEL HENSCorporal · October 3, 1966
- JOHNNIE LEE LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- EDDIE LEE WILLIAMSSergeant Major · October 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDAL CLYDE ENGRAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 39
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.