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GEORGE EDMUND RAILEY
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Army
April 25, 1922 – March 6, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edmund Railey, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 88
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Automotive Maintenance Technician (631A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 25, 1922
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 88
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · March 6, 1970
- BERT ABNER HAMILTON JRSeaman · March 6, 1970
- IRVING GEON PARKSergeant · March 6, 1970
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN FINZELMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 87
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 88
- WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENSMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 89
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.