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GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDES
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 31, 1924 – January 27, 1965
Service recordGeorge Frederick Vlisides, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 27, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 84
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
- December 31, 1924
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 84
- ALFRED ALLEN FRYESergeant · January 27, 1965
- ROBERT LEE WHITEMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1965
- JOSEPH KENNETH L BELANGERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DAVID CRAIG IIISpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
From Ann Arbor
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- CLIVE VERE MOSIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
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.