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GEORGE BURTON COLGAN III
Captain · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – December 1, 1969
Service recordGeorge Burton Colgan III, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 12
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Munitions Officer (4510)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 12
- TIMOTHY EUGENE ACHISONLance Corporal · December 1, 1969
- ROBERT RAYMOND BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1969
- JACK CAMPCaptain · December 1, 1969
- JAMES LAFAYETTE CLARKSONSergeant · December 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAYMOND BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 12
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.