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GEORGE ALLISON BIRD III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1946 – November 30, 1967
Service recordGeorge Allison Bird III, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 9
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
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 9
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.