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GEORGE BRYANT GIVENS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1946 – February 22, 1966
Service recordGeorge Bryant Givens JR, of Robards, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (120 Days Or Less)
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Robards, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Gunshot
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 63
- JIMMY DALE HESSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE LOWMajor · January 21, 1967
From Robards
- BOBBY WAYNE POWELLSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.