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GEORGE ANTON HAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1949 – October 22, 1970
Service recordGeorge Anton Hain, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 16
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 1970
- ANGEL JOSE MORENOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1970
- ROBERTO LERMA PATINOSergeant · October 22, 1970
- STEPHEN PAUL SCHRIVERSpecialist Five · October 22, 1970
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
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.