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GEORGE DAVID BIRDSELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1927 – June 16, 1966
Service recordGeorge David Birdsell, of Carlotta, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 12, 1927
- Home of record
- Carlotta, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 51
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOODSELLMajor · June 16, 1966
From Carlotta
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · September 16, 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.