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GEORGE B FORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1940 – January 26, 1966
Service recordGeorge B Ford, of Paris, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Paris, Tennessee (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 97
- WILMER NEWLIN GRUBBLieutenant Colonel · January 26, 1966
- ELVIS GORMEN HICKSSergeant · January 26, 1966
- LESSAINT PETER HUDSONPrivate · January 26, 1966
- STEVEN THURLOW JEWELLSpecialist Four · January 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STUART JAMES ERNHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 96
- ELVIS GORMEN HICKSSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 97
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 98
From Paris
- ROGER WILLIAM RABEYSecond Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- VANDIVER L CHILDSCaptain · April 16, 1967
- WENDELL GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM COMMODORE WOOD JRMajor · September 2, 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.