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GEORGE FRANCIS TALKEN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1938 – August 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Francis Talken, of Chico, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 37 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- December 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 89
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN SHOOKSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.