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GEORGE BLUE LEE
Major · U.S. Army
April 19, 1937 – June 20, 1967
Service recordGeorge Blue Lee, of Bay Minette, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Bay Minette, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 25
- LEHRON JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS KARNLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUGH BROUMLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 23
- RONALD ALBERT MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 26
From Bay Minette
- VERLON HADLEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JACK A SMITHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1966
- CARL HAMBY PRESNALLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- JOHNNY KENDRICK PARKERCorporal · July 20, 1969
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.