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GEORGE GERALD LESCARBEAU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 21, 1948 – February 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Gerald Lescarbeau, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 62
- KENNETH RICHARD JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- JEROME RICHARD KELLYSergeant · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN LEECorporal · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES E ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 57
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 58
- JAMES OSCAR FEEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 58
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 60
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.