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GEORGE DON SCHILLING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – June 23, 1968
Service recordGeorge Don Schilling, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 23
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- JAMES RICHARDSONCorporal · June 23, 1968
- EDDIE RIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- ERNEST SANAZARO JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55W, Line 21
- RUPERTO MEDINA-GONZALEZCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 22
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 22
- KENNETH EUGENE NOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 22
- DAVID SMITH IISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 24
- CLETUS DALE TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 24
- JAMES B WASHINGTONPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 24
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.