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GEORGE D NOVAKOVIC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – March 5, 1968
Service recordGeorge D Novakovic, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 9
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1968
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · March 5, 1968
- BRIAN THOMAS MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN THOMAS MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 9
- VERNON RUBEN TWEEDYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 43E, Line 11
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.