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GEORGE CECIL MELTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1949 – May 25, 1969
Service recordGeorge Cecil Melton, of Three Rivers, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 105
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Three Rivers, Texas (Live Oak County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 105
- PAUL ARNOLD GRAFFLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- LIN ALBERT MAHNERPetty Officer First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- ARTHUR R NEWKIRKSpecialist Five · May 25, 1969
From Three Rivers
- JOSE G HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 23, 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.