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GEORGE BINKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – December 27, 1967
Service recordGeorge Binko, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 68
- DONALD LEE APPLEGATEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE MERRIDITH BARNESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 69
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 70
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 79
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 80
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.