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GEORGE BERKLEY ALGER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 24, 1920 – November 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge Berkley Alger, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1920
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 9
- ARTHUR EDWARD BADER JRSergeant First Class · July 29, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD DICK AMBRUSOSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
- DONALD DAVID PANNOSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.