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GEORGE EDWARD POWELL
Major · U.S. Army
March 18, 1934 – April 21, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Powell, of Cleburne, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 32
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Information Officer (5505)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 32
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- WILLIAM F RICHARDSONCorporal · April 21, 1970
- GARY ALLEN SCHOBORGSergeant · April 21, 1970
- RONALD BRUCE STILLIONSWarrant Officer 1 · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
From Cleburne
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · May 9, 1968
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
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.