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GEORGE EMILE HONSE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – January 8, 1967
Service recordGeorge Emile Honse, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 126
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- TIMMY G MATTINGLYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES AVERY MESSICKStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.