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GEORGE FRANCIS LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1943 – May 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge Francis Long, of Tuckahoe, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Tuckahoe, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 18
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONICorporal · May 30, 1968
- MARK ELDREDGE MELLORPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALAN COLLISSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 15
- JAMES DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 15
- JOSEPH HAROLD GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · Panel 63W, Line 19
From Tuckahoe
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · October 10, 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.