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GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – January 22, 1969
Service recordGeorge Gerald Carlough, of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 57
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 57
- JOHN FRANKLIN DENEEN JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FARRELLPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE WARNERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 62
From Pompton Lakes
- GEORGE EDWARD SNODGRASSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · May 21, 1968
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.