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GEORGE DALE SLYE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1940 – May 2, 1970
Service recordGeorge Dale Slye, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 88
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 2, 1970
- RODNEY HAROLD STONECaptain · May 2, 1970
- ANDREW JAMES TAYLORSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 82
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 85
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 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.