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GEORGE BOTES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGeorge Botes, of La Grange, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- La Grange, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 5
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- HARRY WALKER BRAUN JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From La Grange
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER GETLINCaptain · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JEROME CLARK IIIMajor · November 30, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON BRANCATO JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPSLance Corporal · October 24, 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.