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GEORGE ARTHUR LINK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1948 – January 20, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Link, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOSE DEJESUS LOPEZCorporal · January 20, 1968
- POLLARD HUGH MERCER JRMajor · January 20, 1968
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- CLARENCE E MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
From New Kensington
- WILLIAM H GAMBLESergeant · June 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN CHARLEYSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES STEVEN DUDDYAirman First Class · January 1, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · September 3, 1972
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.