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GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – July 18, 1968
Service recordGeorge Anasta Cavalaratos, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 2
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- LEWIS DAVIS BLACKSpecialist Six · July 18, 1968
- MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLOPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ELKINTONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 3
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 6
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 7
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.