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GEORGE BARRY LOCKHART
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 17, 1947 – December 21, 1972
Service recordGeorge Barry Lockhart, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 101
- ROBERT LEONEL LILES JRMajor · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
- GEORGE DUNCAN MACDONALDCaptain · December 21, 1972
- PAUL OSWALD MEDERColonel · December 21, 1972
- JOHN QUITMAN WINNINGHAMSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.