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GEORGE DANIEL THEISEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1946 – December 13, 1966
Service recordGeorge Daniel Theisen, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 13, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 42
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 42
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- KIM SOVEREEN BIRDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- ALBERT BRIGHAMLance Corporal · December 14, 1966
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 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.