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GEORGE DEVER CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – August 1, 1966
Service recordGeorge Dever Curry, of New Market, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- New Market, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 93
- ALLAN LAMAR COXWarrant Officer 1 · August 1, 1966
- ARTHUR THOMAS FINNEYColonel · August 1, 1966
- FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKERMajor · August 1, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 92
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 92
- ALLAN LAMAR COXWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- JEFFERY LEE LEDFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
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.