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GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – March 9, 1970
Service recordGeorge Arthur Bamford, of Lebanon, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 99
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LARRY WILLIAM COTTENFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1970
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 98
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 100
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Lebanon
- ARDEN KEITH HASSENGERChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · July 11, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · June 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · June 2, 1970
- LARRY ALLEN GATLIFFPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES SCHUMACHERSergeant · March 28, 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.