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GEORGE EDWARD TEFFT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1948 – August 26, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Tefft, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 14
- DAVID EARL ROSESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- LEE EARNEST SALTERSSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- HECTOR MONTALVO SANDOVALSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 12
- DANIEL WEBSTER YORKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 12
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 15
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.