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GEORGE ALLEN WORK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1942 – July 13, 1969
Service recordGeorge Allen Work, of Evergreen Park, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 114
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Evergreen Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 July 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 114
- RICHARD DEAN SCHWIDERSKISpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- STEVEN CHARLES WEBBSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT EARL WORRELLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID CHALOUSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 111
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 113
From Evergreen Park
- EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOONCorporal · September 27, 1965
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 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.