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GEORGE CARL BIGLEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1921 – January 3, 1965
Service recordGeorge Carl Bigley, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 4, 1921
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 81
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
From Cicero
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.