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GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1943 – December 3, 1967
Service recordGeorge Franklin Antonitis, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- January 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31E, Line 28
- RICHARD CHARLES BALUKONISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM SCOTT CUTTERFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 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.