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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Gregory Kilbuck.

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GEORGE GREGORY KILBUCK

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 20, 1943 – August 27, 1965

Service record

George Gregory Kilbuck, of Bethel, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 2E · Line 68

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
August 20, 1943
Home of record
Bethel, Alaska

Casualty

Date of death
August 27, 1965
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 2E, Line 68

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.