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GEORGE D MOTTE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1921 – August 20, 1967
Service recordGeorge D Motte, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 54 ARTY GRP 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- January 2, 1921
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 20
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- JOSEPH BRITTON ODUMSergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · August 20, 1967
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · August 20, 1967
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
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.