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GEORGE FRANK SODAITIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1943 – August 9, 1967
Service recordGeorge Frank Sodaitis, of Merrick, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 97
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSONCaptain · August 9, 1967
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
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.