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GEORGE FREDERICK SASSER
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 29, 1939 – December 23, 1972
Service recordGeorge Frederick Sasser, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 23, 1972, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 104
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 104
- STANLEY NEAL KROBOTHCaptain · December 21, 1972
- JAMES LEROY GRUNDY JRSergeant First Class · December 23, 1972
- HAROLD LOUIS MISCHLERCaptain · December 23, 1972
- HENRY JAMES REPETAMajor · December 23, 1972
- PHILIP SPRATT CLARK JRLieutenant Commander · December 24, 1972
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.