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GEORGE EDWARD STIVERS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1942 – November 11, 1967
Service recordGeorge Edward Stivers, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 77
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 77
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- JEROME THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- NATHANIEL ANTHONY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.